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Hey, welcome back to the Life Wide Open podcast. Number 40. Primal. Holy crap. 40? 40. Oh, man. Can't believe we sat here and had a conversation 40 times and people are still listening. I can't either. More and more every podcast, especially when people subscribe. God, I'm tired. Mm-mm.
All that energy. You need to just sniffy thing. Yeah, here. Have a little whiff of this, Ben. You know what? I don't think that's what I need. Take a good one and crop in on Benjamin right now. Everyone get a good one. Come on. I rip these all the time. Dude, I just did it. If you're editing. It hurts so bad. That's weak. Oh!
So if you're listening to the audio version, we're sniffing smelling salts right now. Dude, that thing is like expired. That's not even that hard. No, this thing is potent. Yeah, you guys should smell them when they're new. It's not that bad. Why don't you just drink an energy drink like a normal guy? I am. Bro, you got something wrong with you. I'm going to just tell you.
What the fuck? Maybe there's like a strategy. What? We're going to be on a group consensus. What? CJ is just different. No, if you just do it enough, you get kind of used to it. Just hit it. Just hit one. Boom. I did that. It sucks. I'm crying. Ryan's taking it like a man. My nose still burns. I think the side-to-side motion is definitely how to do it. Isn't it the best? The right side of my face is like kind of tingling. Not that part. I just mean like when it just fucking hits you. You're just having a hard day. You're good. That's where the power lifters use that.
Smelling salts. That's us legal? Yeah. Good, because we just opened our podcast. So I think you're not supposed to do anything bad for the first minute. You got this pimple just staring at me right now. Get it. Get it. Should I? Sure. I'm gross. It's not ready.
Oh, maybe you got it. Ben acts like... I couldn't tell if people like popping pimples. Some people. I don't personally enjoy it that much. But I thought you might have been one of those people. That's good. But then you did it and you're like... I think people that like popping pimples and watching that are...
A very different breed. I would consider them. I love it. I like watching. Of course. I can't. I actually love watching Pimple Popper. Yeah, I do too. Me and Alex watch him all the time. That's disgusting. It's so satisfying when they squeeze it and all the pus comes out. It's satisfying, but it's so gross. I can't get past it. I know. I can't get past it. Imagine how good it must feel for them to finally have that out. And it's relieving for me to watch. That's good. Good for them. I don't need to watch the freaking...
Dude, I think if you didn't have to be so smart to be a dermatologist, it didn't require so much schooling, I would be one. I don't know somebody who goes to the dermatologist more than you. I swear, bro, you're on like a rotation of once a month. It just seems like it's a lot because I go once a year to get my skin checked because I had a...
Like the most minor form of skin cancer. And they cut it out of my chin when I was like 20. So I have to go every year to get checked up.
checked up but then also obviously i was doing my hair thing so that's why it seems like it i'm pretty sure dermatologists suggest that you don't pop pimples so you'd be a pretty bad one no they pop that shit when i go there what no it's like don't pop pimples that literally google what to do with a pimple and the first thing is do not pop it because it causes scarring well if it's not ready and most of the time it's how do you know when it's ready speaking of weird things
Well, anyone in here before I get too deep on it. Any of you guys have a foot fetish? Yeah, the foot fetish. I love it. The only one. I'm just kidding. No. Which is like, what kind are we talking here? I was like, I didn't know there was more than one.
I don't get Ryan going on massages. Well, I always think it's like such an annoying thing that if you're like, if I say, yeah, I don't mind feet. I like your feet. As in just that's your body part. And oh, yeah, you got nice feet. People like you got a foot fetish. I'm like, absolutely not. Sounds like you do. Sounds like you do. Sounds like you do, Mike. Exactly. So you have a foot fetish. I don't. How many times have you paid for somebody to see somebody's feet? Zero.
Be honest. You can get it free anywhere on the internet, dude. Just look it up. Oh, so you haven't paid? No.
But you still have a foot fetish? No. Okay, so Mike, you and Andrew Schultz both have a foot fetish. No. And he was talking about it on his podcast. Andrew Schultz has a foot fetish? Yeah, yeah. His friends say when he scrolls by, you know, like a normal guy would zoom in on like a girl's chest or her face, maybe something like that. Is that what you do, Ryan? No, maybe normal other guys that aren't in relationships would. So he goes by and if their feet are in it, he zooms in on their feet. Wow. You can tell a lot about somebody by their feet. Like Mike's feet.
Mike's got some fucked up feet. For sure.
My feet are probably more fucked up than Mike's. For the record, one of them is fucked up for good reason. I have bunions, dude. No, you could straight up fit two fingers in between Mike's big toe and his next toe. You're spending a lot of time on Mike's feet. Well, I don't have a foot fetish. I've just noticed how messed up they are. That's what I'm saying. Mike has a fucked up foot for sure. No, that's not the problem. It's like his natural God-given feet are just messed up. No, see, no.
My right foot is messed up. That's... No. That's why? Wait, let me see it. Oh, my gosh. I'm going to film this. I want you guys to see this. I have a giant gap between my big toe and the rest of my toes on my right foot because I shattered it. That's why? Oh, I thought they were always messed up. And congrats, everybody who does have a foot fetish. You will now get to see Micah's feet. Oh, for free. For free and everything, dude. I know. I'm not even thinking of putting that in there. Well, let's get into the...
The meat and potatoes. I almost said gravy. Add gravy in there, too. Meat, potatoes, and gravy of this podcast. Oh, jeez. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Those feet have utility. That is actually disgusting that you're going to drink that now. No, Ben, you're going to drink it. It's my foot.
I agree. It is a little disgusting. I haven't seen an ice in a while. You know how slow I am at this shit? You can't be worse than Ken. Ken quits halfway through. I love how you can hear this. It's like I can see him drinking, but it's not for a while there. It wasn't going down. You gave up right at the end. The last sip, dude. So now I get ice and I'm not allowed to burp. All right. Anyway, so there's this very large country music festival going on in Detroit Lakes about 15 minutes from where we live.
uh going on for the next well past two days and today is the last day so it's a three-day event bender it's been a bender yeah so i didn't go on the first night and then we went obviously last night it was so fun i met so many subscribers and like people that you wouldn't think listen to the podcast they listen to the podcast so shout out to all the people that came up and said what's up yeah i i thoroughly enjoyed talking to everybody and uh
It was a blast. I wasn't too drunk, so I wasn't being an idiot. I was just chilling. It must have been nice. It was the best. Yeah, Ben, you were all fucked up. I saw you go there until like 3 a.m. Somebody's got to. That's true. Somebody's got to hold it down. We were all in bed. It's whenever you hang out with Brant. Yeah, yeah. It's never good.
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You got in a fight? Dude, I almost got in a fight on the way in. Yeah, Ryan and I almost got in a fight. I got in a fist fight. You got in a fist fight? Shut the fuck up. My face is messed up. Yours is not. And I know that there's no way that you won the fight without getting hit. So, is this your first fist fight? Yes. This is the first time I've ever been in a fist fight. And I didn't even, I wasn't even in it. Okay, yep. That sounds backwards. All right, so. Of course not. He doesn't fight his own fights. So, I'm standing in line.
Waiting to get a drink. This guy in front of me kind of budges the line in front of this other dude's chick. Might have been the same dude we were going to talk about in a minute, but sorry. And so this guy goes, hey. Basically calls him out for budging. No cuts. The guy basically kind of gets in his face. No cuts.
And then the other guy, but they were both smiling. They were both like, like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so you're probably like, they're not actually. I thought they were buddies. Yeah. Yeah. You know, just like giving each other shit like, hey, no jumping. Like if you were to hop in front of the line, I'd be like, what's up, fucker? Like, no jump in line. Because they were smiling, kind of laughing at each other. Then the guy knocks the guy's drink out of the hand. And this guy, this guy like kind of like, like, you know, drops it.
Throws a punch. Misses. Hits me. What? In the face? Yeah. I'd be fucking pissed. I was. What'd you do? Well, I got smoked in the face. So the guy literally... So if I'm the dude fighting...
Mike's the other dude. I'm standing right here. Right? In the crosshairs. Such a swing and a miss. This guy literally goes, what the fuck was this guy? Misses him? You sure these guys didn't have some kind of other agenda? They might have. They might have. Then get this. I get hit. I get hit. It like kind of side swipes me, but it like, like basically right here, right here. Dude, I would have started throwing hands.
I would have teamed up with the dude that the other dude tried to hit. Well, believe me, I was very caught off guard.
If you're not in a fist fight and you get punched, you quite literally don't know what fucking hit you. So I'm like, whoa! I just got punched in the face. I've never been punched in the face before. That didn't feel good. And next thing I know, the guy was being held back by, I don't know if it was security or just a bunch of guys. Otherwise, obviously, I would have pummeled him. Obviously, yeah. Take his teeth in.
It still haunts me. But I didn't take a video or a picture of the guy because I wanted to dox him. You should have exposed him. I know. I know. You can't fuck with people that have a podcast. They'll talk about you. Yeah. Yeah. And so, dude, I'm like just getting eaten alive by this. Obviously, getting punched in the face sucks. It was all for nothing. It was for nothing. Like, I can't even like dox the guy. Yeah. It's tearing me up the whole first day. I'm like, ugh.
This is so good. You know what's funny? Wait, wait. Oh, you said that more. Wait, day two. See him again. No way. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for this guy, right? And I'm like, as soon as I see him... I might just accidentally punch him in the face. It's on sight. I'm not going to fight him. I'm going to just take a picture of him. Yeah. I'm ripping a piss. I look over...
It's the guy. No way. You should have just suckered him. It's the guy. While he's pissing. And so I'm like, you know, peeing, look over. I say something. He answers. You know, I'm like, this rain sucks, huh? And the guy goes, yeah, man. Like, this sucks. Look over. We make eye contact. Dude probably didn't know who I was because I don't even know if he knew that he punched me. My eyes just light up.
And the dude's probably like, is this a VIP or where? Yeah. Really? And I quickly put my dick away. I put a button on my pants. I grabbed my phone as fast as I could. You took a picture? I go, gone. You're going to take a picture of a guy taking a piss? It would have been pretty weird if he was taking a piss and you pull out your phone and take a piss. I think he would have gotten punched again. Right. I was going to follow him out of the bathroom. Okay. He's taking a piss like this? Yeah. Yeah.
Bright red. So anyway, I'm still... No, I think he just... He was just done taking a piss and he left. Meanwhile, I'm like scrambling, trying to grab my phone. Other people in the bathroom are probably like, what the fuck? What's going on here? So day three...
Stay tuned maybe for the next podcast if I found the guy. I'm going to dox him. And then have him on. And then, yeah. After I get punched, I go, man, I can't wait to tell that story on the podcast. The guy that was supposed to get punched goes, here's an idea.
you, and him. We sit down on the podcast. Is that guy watching the podcast? I don't know. He was probably just like, I'll be on your podcast. So, WeFest, we weren't going to go this year. At least, Ryan and I weren't going to go. Our girlfriends weren't going to go because
This is the type of shit that happens there. It's always a problem. It's always a problem. If someone's not trying to fight you, getting in an argument with your... It's like when you drink so much. It's just a mess. It's a good time, but it's a mess. It's a mess, and it's really not worth it.
We weren't going to go. And then Red Bull was kind enough. They hooked us up with tickets. So then I was like, obviously, we're going to go. They're working their way up the rankings. Yeah, I know. They are for sure number one energy drink company right now. They're doing pretty good. But anyways, Ryan and I, we show up. We didn't go. Well, Ryan went the first night, but I didn't because I didn't video it. So we show up. We're both sober. We got our girlfriends, Ryan's friends.
girlfriend's friend, and then Butch with us. Butch too. And we're standing there in line. We're getting our tickets, whatever. And then we have to like stand in line to get in. We're just minding our own business. We are literally stone cold sober. 100%. We're being very just bunning in. Watching everybody get in mass crowd. People are coming up, saying whatever, hi. And then this guy just goes...
What the fuck did he say to us? He goes, he just like kind of taps me and goes, I was in line before you and I was in front of you. And I'm going to stay in line in front of you. Like I was here first. I'm getting in first. He looks at us and goes, don't you know how to stand in line? And he's a full grown ass man. And I look at him and I'm like. Both Ryan and I turn and look at him like this. We're like, what? What? And he's like, I was in line for you. You guys are budging in front of us. And I'm like, what?
What's going on with people getting so triggered about budgets? What is this? We were like, dude, I've never seen you before in my life. I did not know I was in front of you, but they were behind us because I remember I backed up and I bumped into his girlfriend at the very beginning of the line. And I said, oh, I'm sorry.
Then halfway in, he got fucking hot. I don't know if this guy was on coke or what, but he was so fucking pissed. And he was pressing us. What? Ryan and I were both sober, and I was this close to just talking shit back. Because realistically, it's like me, Ryan, and Butch. I know. I did feel a little safe. I knew Butch would at least come in and push the guy out of the way. You want to know what the thing was? I was like...
Who cares? Yeah, exactly. Like, if I cause an issue here because I have to open my mouth and whatever else happens, then we ruin the night. The girls are all going to be mad, which I don't blame them. Like, it's just pointless. So we just shut up. You let him go. Yeah, we're like, go ahead. He goes, yeah, don't you want to stand in line? And then Ryan goes, he just kept saying, like, haven't you guys ever stood in line before? And then Ryan goes, eh, it's all good, man. Bureau will still be cold when we get in there. He goes, well, no, it won't.
He's just the most negative guy. He goes, it was piss warm last night. Lukewarm. Yeah. It'll be the same tonight. Same tonight. Everybody around was garbage. And literally everyone around us was just like, this guy sucks. Fuck. Like, like they, like they were all on our side. We were just like laughing. So the line divides into, into like four different parts. And we go this route. I was like,
I was laughing as we were going through and he just shut up. I thought he was just standing there. Yeah, he was like pissed because it was like our line was next. So he's up here and we just go. And he's like, come on. Haven't you ever done a line before? He's like telling the people how to do the. Yeah, like from the back. He's like, turn around.
Turn around. Don't throw your checks in your pocket. Just the biggest douche. And he was a full-grown-ass man. Honestly, if I would have had you guys with, if we would have had a full-on group, I would have just started trashing that dude. Because, I mean, what are you going to do? There's like seven of us, and then it's just him and his girl. Damn.
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But then we got in and then there was the two people there. They were like, my brother is huge. Yeah, I'm so glad we did. And I was like, could you imagine we just get. I know. Right. Right. Right. Both Ryan and I were standing in the beer line right after I'm like, dude, I'm so like, I'm still kind of hot right now, but I'm glad we didn't do anything because it would have just caused an issue. We knew we did the right thing, but man, it would have been fun to exchange some words. It's just a thing. That's why.
It's just a risky maneuver going to Wii Fest. Also, just what you were saying maybe on a podcast or something, some people just don't want to be happy. To that level, I'm saying. Yeah, negative people. Ryan tried making amends and saying, the beer was totally cold. Yeah, well, you said that, and he goes, probably not. It wasn't cold last night. That's just a person who just does not want to be happy. Yeah, I'm like, bro, you're going to a music festival. Chill out.
So he was with his girl? Yeah, he was with his girl. And what was she doing? Just standing there, shutting up. Yeah, she knew not. She didn't want to step on a line. We just turned this guy from one guy that's a little bit upset that the line was cutting in front of him to a woman beater. That dude was legit. And I don't say this much, but he was legit a loser. I think that's one of the meanest things you can say. But he was a loser. One thing about Wii Fest is like,
We never filmed there as fun as it would be. We just, we never filmed there because honestly we're doing everyone there a favor for not filming. Realistically. Yeah. If Ben was getting filmed last night, holy fuck. But I'm saying like, I would have been garbage. I would, I don't know how to put it into words, but like you guys have seen like festivals and stuff. Like it's the greasiest of the greasy.
I personally, I find that pretty fun. I'm a little bit juvenile for thinking that. I find that fun. Like when we went to Vinny's Mud Bog and shit, it's one of those things that people might see on the internet and they're just like, geez, just body to body, people drawn all over each other. Like it's pretty greasy. Heavy girls flashing their titties. So, uh...
Oh, Vinny's mud bog. Oh, I thought you were talking about a Wii Fest. I'm sure it happens at Wii Fest. No, for sure. So back before, back before we, uh, did YouTube, I still liked the internet. I post a lot on Instagram. I used to tweet, whatever. And, uh,
You guys remember Harambe when Harambe died. There was the whole big thing. Rest in peace. Dicks out for Harambe and tits out for Harambe. It's all me in my younger years being a drunk asshole. And I was like, I'm going to make a complation. I think that's how you pronounce that. Complation. Complation. Complation. Whatever it is of everybody at Wii Fest celebrating.
saying either dicks out for Harambe or tits out for Harambe. A few guys got very upset because they thought I was trying to get their girl... Like me filming them trying to get their girlfriend to flash. And I was like, no, man, it's just for Harambe. It was evolving. No, them flashing their tits isn't for me. It's for Harambe. I know I'm filming this right now, but it's for Harambe's tribute video. So nobody actually did, and that wasn't in the video, but I...
It's funny because progressively throughout the day in the video, you can see people getting far more hammered. And so I put it all together on Sunday, all hung over after WeFest and posted it. And it slowly grew. I think it's got like a...
views or something like that. But my claim to fame was it was on total frat move, which was like what bar stool is back then. Like if you were on total frat move, that was the shit. They reposted every year. If you're in a frat, of course. Dude, that's so sick.
No, that was back when Barstool was still sports. But like, you know, Barstool just post anything. They post jet skis, girls falling, doing whatever. That's what that was. And they did a little write up story on it and everything. But all these drunk kids. Yeah, it's fucking awesome. They put a caption on the video. No, they like wrote an article like how they wrote right articles about Barstool. A little blog post. Yeah, a little blog post.
man right you've always been such a creator dude so that's pretty sick and i always thought i'm like somebody in there is gonna be like a senator or something like that you know like they're gonna try to do something important and this video is gonna come out of them yeah but one guy met on or on facebook marketplace we bought his pool and he goes i've met you before and i was like oh i'm sorry man i i'd
don't remember, but nice to meet you again. He goes, ah, to be fair, I don't really remember either. And I was like, oh, okay. And he goes, yeah, I was at Wii Fest. And I go, oh, you know, Wii Fest, huh? You never remember. And he goes, yeah, I was the, uh, the last guy in your dicks out for Harambe video. And I was, he was like a car salesman had a house, wife, kids, bunch of dogs. I was like, damn dude. That's fucking crazy. Dude, that is wild. Again, mostly doing a service to the people. They're just trying to have a good time by not filming. Um,
It's greasy. Good fun, good fun. RIP Harambe. Throw that one out there. If there was somebody just walking around with a camera, though, dude. They gravitate for sure. Or what? Sorry. Oh, I was going to just say it. That'd be so bad for just like everyone involved.
Right. Like that's just so, yeah. So that's what I'm getting at is like you come, if we rolled to WeFest with the big camera, people are drunk and they, they want to get in front of it and do whatever. And at the end of the day, they're, they're nine out of 10 in the bag and they're going to regret whatever we filmed them doing. Yeah. Most likely. Yeah. I still would love to like do it. It just would be so funny to chop up like the greasiest video you could possibly chop up. It wouldn't be very hard. It would not be very hard.
I, uh, in the last podcast, I was extremely surprised at how many people have been struck by lightning. Really? Oh yeah. I did see a lot of them and basically it's pretty, all of them were just like, uh, yeah, they're fine afterwards. Yeah. You imagine getting struck by lightning though. Probably got an extra pep in your step. One time it was raining really hard outside the shop back when we used to hang out at Ken's dad's shop. And, uh,
It was like pouring, lightning, thundering, whatever. And Ryan ran out. I don't know what we were on, like what we were trying to accomplish. But you were like. Just being a child. Just being a child. Ryan grabs a fishing pole. And I don't know if that conducts or not. But he grabs a fishing pole and just starts swinging around. He's like, oh, look at me. And I'm like, dude, if you get struck by lightning, like I don't even want to witness this. Mike had to turn the other way. Yeah.
That would have been so bad. Like, yeah, I would have been like, all right, don't get so... You're being all cocky. You're being all cocky. You get struck by lightning. That reminded me. My friend, Nicky Zink, his car got struck by lightning. While he was in it? Yeah, he was driving down the interstate and just...
What happened to it? He said it shattered the windshield. What? Yeah, he hit the windshield in his passenger seat. He said it was super loud. This is way more common than we even know. Whenever it's lightning out and people are like, get inside. Alex always gets all worried about it. I'm like, yeah, right. We're going to get struck by lightning. Or they're swinging around a metal rod. Metal rod, yeah. Dude, I just saw a video of the White House.
lawn getting struck by lightning. What? Yeah, the White House is in there. It's all stormy and then right in the huge ass lawn in the front. All right. Wait, wait. At the White House? At the White House. Holy. Lightning at the White House and two people died? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like all the area. Wow. So two people died in some- From that? In D.C. Jesus Christ. All right. Let's not get struck by lightning. Anyways. So on Thursday night, I went out with New York- Yeah? Yeah.
Yeah, how was that? That's always fun. It was a fucking blast. I mean, we were out drinking. Just as New Yorkian as they come. Yep. Yep. Hey, CJ, let's get a drink, buddy. Debatably in the mafia or the New York mob. I don't know. I don't know if you can say that. All right, bleep that. I don't think you can say that. Okay, take that out then. Anyways. Just for your own safety, bro. They wouldn't do anything to me. I think they might. No, they won't. Anyway.
Anyways, I'm good buddies with them. Yeah, but what about the rest of them? We bleep their names. Anyway, all right. All right, so we're cruising around in our pontoon. Nice night. Wind starts picking up. Time for everyone to go home. They go to drop me off at the dock. Fucked up. I'm all drunk. We're the only two people that can drive the boat. And no offense to... But...
He's not that great of a boat driver, and he's like the second in line. He just doesn't live around here full time. So I'm like, whatever. He starts bringing me forward. The wind's blowing us. I'm like, God damn it. I don't want him to hit my boat. And he didn't want to either. I'm like, whatever. I'll just hop onto the platform of the boat, which is like up high. So I put the cooler on it. I go, and I'm stepping up. I'm like just getting my one foot on it. And he goes, Dad, because he thought it was getting too close.
Fucking throws that bitch in reverse. And as I'm like stepping, I'm trying to step up, fucking fall. You fell in? Just dumps you. In with all my clothes on, my shoes, my phone, my wallet. My wallet's still wet. My phone's fucked up. Well, not from the water. I dropped the weight on it. But anyway. I work out too. Yeah. So that happened on Friday night. It was kind of funny. And everyone just laughed. Everyone just laughed. Right. Because like how often do you actually...
fall in the water with all of your stuff. But I got water in my ear because I fell in like a weird way and I couldn't fall until like 5 in the morning. My ear hurt so bad I was thinking I was going to go to the emergency room. I seriously debated it at 5 in the morning. I was like, they need to drain this shit. Wow.
What'd you end up doing? I did like every method I could possibly find on the internet to get water out of your ear. And then I just was like, screw it. Laid on that side when I went to bed. When I woke up, it had drained. I used to get the worst swimmer's ear, dude. Like I would get... Every time I'd go swimming, I'd get an earache after it. So every time I would go swimming, then afterwards, I started dumping rubbing alcohol into my ear. So I was going to say, if you...
Like, you still had it, but... A lot. Dude, I still had it out of Oregon. No wonder you're scared of the water. I just hate swimming. Yeah. And every time you go... Oh, I mean, if you got a swimmer's ear, then yeah. Yeah. Doesn't sound that fun. Yeah, I don't get that anymore. I just still hate swimming. You just get a little congested. That too. And I'm just bad. One time when I was in high school, someone was in my ear or whatever, and I tried, like, getting the wax out, and I ended up...
packing it to my eardrum because i stuck the q-tip in too far so it packed my eardrum i've done that before oh and then you couldn't hear and then you slept through your alarm really scared i was scared i thought i damaged my ear i couldn't hear about right here or left here one of the years it was like i'm telling my parents they're like yeah yeah yeah they're not buying it whatever i'm like i can't like here i think something's wrong and you know our families are about taking like us going to the doctor they just wouldn't let it finally like three days later
I'm sleeping on my Goodyear side on a Tempur-Pedic pillow, and my alarm's going off. I slept like an hour and a half through my alarm. Because you couldn't hear it. Yeah. And then finally they're like, oh, maybe you should go to the hospital. And I went, and they flushed it out, and it felt amazing. So that's why I thought I got to go to the hospital. Dude, I got a thing for that now. It's like this syringe that you put in your ear, and it goes out three ways. Yeah, that's what they use. And it's here, and it works phenomenal. What should do that? Whatnots?
It's like a syringe that you put in your ear, and then there's, like, three streams that go straight out, so it basically, like, washes the wax out of your ear. And it works really good. That's happened to me a few times, and it's the weirdest feeling. Like, I feel like Evan, because Evan's deaf in one ear, and that's about what it would feel like. I just can't hear anything. Do you guys feel like your hearing's getting worse? I do.
I think I'm a bad listener. Ryan's got the worst hearing out of anyone. I'm a bad listener. That's because you lit off a ball behind me. That's Jake's fault, not ours. That was so bad, bro. That was when my mentality changed on protecting my hearing. Because I distinctly remember it getting worse after that. Yeah. I believe it. When you let off... What were those? M...
M-80s. We have the video somewhere, right? Yeah, there's a video of Jake putting an M-80 in a garbage can. Inside of our shop. Inside our shop. Like, right behind us. A foot behind Ryan. Yeah, like five feet behind Ryan. And Ryan didn't know. And it goes off, and we're all, like, covering our ears, and it was still loud. Like, deafeningly loud. Oh, my God. Dude, and Jake's laughing. He's like, things are so funny. And we're like, that...
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It's a smooth sack summer, boys. Get on board now or get left behind. Back to the podcast. Man, I feel bad even being involved in that. Like, I watched him do it. I just, as it happened, I'm like, oh, I didn't think you were going to put it that close. Wouldn't have really mattered. And I also was almost like, Ryan, like, you know.
Yeah, I mean, permanent. I think our ears are getting badder or worse from the freaking loud cars, loud exhaust, loud pretty much everything. If you feel like a pussy for covering ears, you're not. No, dude, you're hearing, you can't get back. Because as it diminishes, there's nothing you can do besides getting hearing aid. All of us are rolling around at like age 30 with hearing aids.
We're all sitting at the podcast table and we can't wear these headphones because they're... What? What? I got to turn this thing up, I think. Mark and Tint, you guys need to get another drink in you. You're going to be all fucked up. What are you doing to me, Tint? Should we get Mark and Tint? Yeah, we should.
What? The hand movement. I'm, like, fucking slobbing on this mic, bro. Whoa! Whoa!
Okay, also, this is my new favorite filter. Bro! Bro! If it wasn't a tint, crusty-ass droid... I know. I was just fucking screaming. You know what we should have gotten tint before his wheels was a fucking iPhone. Seriously. Dude, why didn't we do that? Dude, Snapchat filters are just getting out of pocket. Yeah. They're so fun. We complain about Snapchat a lot. No, no, no, no, no, no. Like, like, like...
That's actually something that they are doing incredibly good at. And always have, honestly. Bro, every single time I go on Snapchat and start swiping through, I'm like, oh my gosh, this is hilarious. And then there's always that one guy in the group chats that just will use the face filter way too much and send it in thinking it's super funny.
Because I know I do this all the time, and then other people watching it, I just, like, I've seen you open up the snaps of just, like, clicking right through it. Because I do the same shit. I do it, too. One filter that made people look sad. Right. That one took over. He'd be, like, at dinner, and he'd be like this, and I'd be like, I don't need to see it. Yeah.
Yeah. No, he's over there filming right now. He puts his phone away. That was stupid. Whenever I, I remember that one day at dinner when we found that filter, like I always feel childish when I'm doing it, even though it's so genuinely funny. I'm like, I got to try it on your dad. Now I got to try it. I got to try it on Butch. And it's just like, so funny. And I did. It's just like, do you remember when I, what was it? I on the max, like,
iPhoto or something or whatever the movie studio. You can take selfies and they had filters and that was like 10 years ago and we just thought it was the funniest thing ever. Oh, look at your face. It's all stretched out. Oh, yeah, that's right. That's what I'm saying, dude. Some of them are incredibly creative. I still actually have no idea how they managed to do that. You know how long it would take to Photoshop someone to look sad like that? And you can do it live
And say whatever you want. It's crazy. I love the future. Is there anything in the future that you guys are kind of looking forward to that you think is coming down the pipe? Dude, I really want to get the new Hummer H, uh,
the EV, the Hummer EV. I think that thing is so sick. I would love to get one. Can you get it, though? Like, are people... Probably not. Because, like... Stradman just got his, and he ordered his back in, like, 2020. Whoa. You know how much that's going to be, though? Most people are, like, upcharging. Most people are... They only cost... Not only, but they cost 130 MSRP. Yeah, so you know what people are going to ask. Yeah. Holy... But if you could have got an MSRP, 130 is a steal for that truck. That's a sick truck, dude.
Especially in this market. So what do you think it's going to go for? I have no idea. Like secondary market. I just was hoping that someone would reach out off of here and be like, hey, I have one I'll give you at MSRP. Yeah, I'm sure. Probably not. Just to hang out with, like drive it for a little bit. I texted Brand and I was like,
can you get your hands on a Hummer EV? And he's just like, sheesh. Every time we text him for a car, he's like, why can't you guys buy a normal fucking car? Yeah, I know. Can you find... We make it so hard on him. Can you find one of the most rare vehicles right now only in one of these colors, preferably? But also at MSRP. I don't want to overpay for it. I don't want to pay a dollar over MSRP. No.
He's like, you want a good deal on like a normal car, like a Camry? I can get you a killer deal, dude. He's like, I'm a car salesman, not a miracle worker. That is funny. If we genuinely bought like normal cars, like they could probably get us a swinging deal on that. Yeah, big swing. Kind of on the same...
Line, pipeline, the new Z06. Super excited about that. I have an allocation for it, but that basically means nothing. It's actually through a subscriber down in Arizona, but back when they first came out,
I posted about it. I was like, hey, if anybody can get me on the list for it, I might be eighth in line on the list. And this dealership might only get like two zero six allocations. I haven't heard anything about like the build, build, actually like being able to spec it out. Because then once you build it, then it goes to the factory. But if you're like, I don't know, I'm in limbo. So also if somebody is listening and they have a they have an allocation, maybe they don't want it.
Hit up your boy. Very unlikely. And that's going to be another car that once it drops, I think it's also like $130,000, but once that car comes out on the secondary market, it's going to be like $200,000. They're making stipulations you can't sell it for over a year. No, no, no, no, no. You can. You can sell it, but you don't get the bonus. I thought they voided your warranty. Yeah, void the warranty. There's like a whole bunch of shit, dude. What? Chevrolet is crazy.
Cracking down on people trying to just make money and flip their cars. So it's going to be even harder to get one then? No. Yeah, it will be because you won't even have more than likely the option of overpaying to get one. Right. But if you can't buy it on the secondary market. The warranty is going to be scrapped. Damn.
That sucks for the people that are trying to sell the car, though. You shouldn't have bought one then. It's just for a year. Yeah, but... It's one year after the purchase date. That's kind of bullshit. I think that's awesome. I personally am all in favor. I think that's bullshit. Yeah, I think there has to be a stipulation. I mean, everyone's trying to make money, whatever, but you hop in there, you get an allocation, and then you just fucking flip it right away just for profit. I think that's bullshit. There has to be some kind of incentivized...
way to sell the car though you want to know why Chevrolet's pissed off about it because they're like wow so like basically these guys are making more money than us
flipping our car that we spent years and years innovating and engineering all this and then we sell it and just some schmuck who went and got a fucking bank loan got it and then flipped it for a hundred grand and probably doesn't even care doesn't even give a fuck yeah i i think it's an well then it makes well then it makes it super hard for you know because the corvette is like the everyday man's uh supercar because has been the most affordable car well then
Well, then you're basically just throwing all that out the window. I think a lot of people I saw on Facebook, you know, the post about that on Car and Driver. And so I read through the comments and a ton of people were incredibly upset at how expensive
This is MSRP? Yeah, MSRP. They were like, I can't believe they're charging over $100,000. I remember when you used to be able to get a Corvette for $40,000, all this stuff, right? But I was thinking about this, and it even goes back. Yeah, it's just things are more expensive. Dude, you got moms loading cars up, Yukon Denali XLs. They're like $100,000. And if you go even nicer in the Escalades, they're way more. But you've got guys driving $100,000 diesel trucks. Yeah.
People forget that just everything is getting more expensive and you can go down the inflation route, you can go down that, but also you go, wow, that guy's got a shiny red shirt.
or whatever, you know, and they go, that's really cool. But they forget that the truck he drives every day to work that's 80 grand, 100 grand is actually more expensive and nicer than his, than the sports car. But it's funny that that has slipped under the radar. The people who know, know. People do forget that all the time. I think all the prices are going to start coming down though. Or at least leveling. Or at least leveling. But I guess...
I guess just back to the Z06 thing of people being mad about the price of it, though. Dude.
That is going to be such a good car for 130,000. If that's what you get in at for the, for how good of a car it is. Like it's like going to be one of the fastest production vehicles, zero to 60. The interior is amazing. The quality of it's amazing. You can literally bring it to any dealership and get it maintenanced. And it's like not astronomically expensive. There's so much that goes into like the benefits of,
of having a Corvette just like after the Lambo to the Corvette. Bro, such a good car. Assuming that the Z06 is just going to be a much better and faster version of the normal C8. But like for $100,000 for the normal C8, I still think that's a great deal because it's such a good car. You want to know my only, and I'm all about that too, and I really don't care, but the thing you're losing is exclusivity.
Like, when you're driving around in your Corvette, granted it's a 06, most people are just like, oh, there's another Corvette. Yeah, for sure. No one really goes that wild over Corvettes around here. Your Lambo, you can't fucking drive it anywhere because everyone goes nuts. Yeah, I guess if that is what you're looking for is, like, exclusivity and kind of, like, being big cheese in town. No, it's not that. I just think, like, if you're...
If you're looking at just strictly performance, yes. But if you're looking at, like, this car is better than a Lambo, I still think the Lambo's cooler. Because it's the same thing as the GTR. No one has GTRs around here. GTR's probably cheaper than the new Corvette. Cooler, yes. But for the average guy that is, you know, not a YouTuber. Just wants a really good car. I'm saying performance-wise, it's awesome. I'm just saying it's...
It will never replace like a Lamborghini or like a true exotic car because it's just another Corvette at the end of the day, no matter what. And I still think it's an awesome car. Yeah, yeah. I'm all about performance. I mean, I fucking love the Evo. The GTR, most people don't even fucking know what it is. They just think it's a Nissan. I was going to ask you that. What do people...
that aren't car people, do they think that the GTR is anything special? Well, people that aren't car people go, what kind of car is that? They come up and I just say it's a, it's a Nissan GTR. And then as soon as they hear me say Nissan, they're like, oh, and they walk away. Really? But like actual, like true car guys are like, wow, I've never seen one of these. Like most guys around here and they're like, no, holy shit. Now this is, this is a sharp car. And then I opened the door and like, wow, this is pretty nice too. And you know, whatever. And,
Basically, everyone that's ever asked me about CJ's car, it's always that. It's like, wow, what kind of car, that black car CJ drives, what is that? You know, it's a sharp-looking car. They say sharp a lot, but it's like, oh, it's a GTR. They're like, never heard of it. That's a cool-looking car. That's interesting. It's just an unrecognizable car to the generation past us. I think it's just one of those if you know, you know. No, 100%. I don't really care that much. I'm not trying to fucking cheat anyone. But I was just saying...
With the Corvette, ultimately, no matter how good the performance is, it's another Corvette. And if you drive from here to fucking the roadhouse, you're going to see one.
I'm just most excited for that. I still think you should get one or whoever wants one should get one. Awesome car performance-wise, but ultimately it's just Corvette. I'm just excited for that high, high, high revving V8. That's what's going to, I think, set you apart. Yeah, it's still going to look like that, but when you go by it. Performance-wise, it's better than anything else on the road, though. It's like the Tesla Plaid, though. That thing's going to walk it.
That's what I'm excited for. Ken, when the fuck are you getting your flat, bro? Ken's minivan. Your next little minivan. Ken, you were saying July. You were saying July. Obviously, that came and went. Well, it came, and it got... Elon got hammered and then drove it into a pole or something. Yeah, did somebody back into another car, like taking it off the trailer, or what happened? It basically messed up the rear bumper. How long is it going to be until you get this thing?
They had to build a whole other one because basically...
They offered, they said, Ken, we can fix your car in this many weeks or months, or you can just hop back in the build cycle, which is more likely that we will be able to build you a brand new car and it'll come off the line. Faster than we could get this fixed. Then we could get the parts and fix it. That actually happened? So that's why I believe it's just down the pipeline. Ken has the worst luck with vehicles. His lemon story. Yeah, you do. When Ken got a Focus RS a couple of years ago, basically the car had issues forever.
From the day you got it. Yeah, from the day you got it, but like, what, a revolving door of going in and out of the Ford service shop? Like, what, three out of four weeks a month? To be fair, though, if the door handle squeaks when Ken opens it, he drives down to the city to get it checked out. That's true. That's true. But anyway, ends up lemoning the car, which is an extremely difficult process. That only Ken could undertake. I would have no idea how to do it. I wouldn't either.
But then they just gave him a new one. Like, he lemoned out the car, and then he got a brand new one. I remember that. So when Ken's car was getting lemoned, and we were in the... So it was already like, okay, your car's going to be lemoned. Come drop it off here in, like, one week. Dude, me and Ken were beating the fuck out of it. Basically driving it like a rental. Dude, we would be going, like, 40 and rip the e-brake going down the interstate and, like, whip around the interstate. Yeah.
I mean, we were on the highway. On the highway, sorry. On the highway. We did that. I think we even have videos of it. Like, we were just launching it time after time after time after time. Just hard launches. A lot of launches. We were so fucking hard on it. It was so fun, dude. That car was awesome. Do we have a video of that, Ken? I think we do. Of us just fucking ripping it. But, like, one other thing, like, with that car...
When I was talking to the dealer when I got the new one, and when Ford came and picked it up, they just sent some schmuck with just a- Just a shipping. What year was that, Ken? And it's an all-wheel drive car, and they just- Oh, yeah. Nose up, towed it. That's right. And he's like, you know you're going to break this thing immediately, right? And they're like, well, it's not my problem. That's why you never buy a lemon car. No.
No, never. Because if you're like car shopping, you see an extremely good price and it's like has been lemon, but all the problems are fixed. Still don't trust it. You don't know how good they fix those. Still don't trust it. There's just certain... Dude, once a car is a lemon, that thing's a lemon for life. Always a lemon. Yeah. But it's also like, why was it a lemon? That's also...
You never know sometimes. Oh, they don't disclose? Yeah, so Ken was driving it basically like a rental. And if you know how Ken drives a rental, it's...
So aggressive. Almost like the car doesn't matter. It's like you drive it like you stole it? No, drive it like it's a rental. Yeah, it's one step above. So I wasn't even driving my car. Like, you guys just took it. Yeah, it was a lemon-gallon car, Ken. I never took it. I mean, I drove it a few times, but I never. Oh, yeah, you weren't even in the car. Ken was just gone, and I just took it and started ripping it.
You guys just took it and left. Watch this video. Who's in there? Who's in there? Jake. It was just me and Jake. Yeah, watch the video back. That's super funny. Sorry, we got your car. That thing ripped, dude.
Oh my god. You're boosting. You're boosting pretty fast. Literally. Imagine we just put it in the ditch, rolled it, and it was totaled. They're like, yeah, we're not doing it anymore. That would have been so bad, dude. That would have fucked me over bad. Yeah. Ken's got a lemoned out car that's also totaled. Like 40 grand in the hole or whatever. What'd you pay for that? I think it was like 38. That was a good car, too. It was a good car. It was weird. I was thinking like,
I messed up when I bought that Tesla. If I would have held on to that car for three more months, I could have made another like five to eight grand on it. Seriously? I remember when the hype for those RSs was super high. Those were going to be so sick. It's like Subaru hadn't done a hatchback and whatever. Came out super pricey, came and bought one. Then they tanked.
Ken bought his for $38. I swear I saw a handful for like $26, $27. That's when I sold it. And then that's when you sold it. And then they like literally went back up to like $30. Their song's like $45 now. Holy crap. Yeah, so it's crazy. What?
Dude, crazy inflation right now. So you're trading your current Tesla in on your new one when you get it? Or what? No, I'm going to sell it to a third-party dealer because I can make more money. Right. Even with the sales tax hit that I'll have to pay in addition by not trading it in, I'll still come out ahead. How much...
is the jelly bean that you have. I paid $60 for that a year ago. Probably worth $70 now. You want to guess what they're paying? $72. Do you want to? $69. $67.5.
Wow. That's crazy. You made $7,000, and how many miles did you put on it? 21,000. Holy crap. 21,000 miles on that? He also made content, yeah. Dude, it's funny. We're just talking about how, like, well, we want to get this car, but don't shaft us on MSR. Like, don't up it. And then, like, when I, like, sell my Bronco, granted, I add a lot of stuff. When I sell my Bronco, I'm...
Looking forward to shafting someone. I think you're going to be the one getting shafted. Yeah, Mike. Have you ever sold anything before, Mike? By the time you sell that thing, it's going to be like a classic.
Rusted. Oh, it'll take too long. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I'm just... It'll be in the woods. I've been looking at all the Broncos. People do the same thing. Buy a Bronco for $45, turn around and sell it on Facebook the next day for $55. Seriously? They're coming down on those guys. Yeah, they are. But, I mean, granted, I'll have... But just, like, crazy. So I'm going to turn around after I add all the stuff to it and sell it for, like, $60. Are either of you guys ever going to do anything to your Broncos?
I've been doing a bunch of shit. If these wheels and lift ever show up. Yeah, I've been waiting on my lift for a long time. Ken, they have them. I wanted them to just ship it up here. Did you tell them that? I'm pretty sure I've been going through CJ to get two bankers. Ken, you haven't asked me once. I've asked you like, hey, can you just have bankers ship these up here? And he's like, okay. Or you just ignore me and don't say anything.
I'll text him right now. Yeah. So what about you, Mike? So I'm just going to... At this point, it's been too long, but I'm basically airbagging my Bronco. It's going to go on the AccuAir air suspension, and they've been working on it basically since they had it at SEMA, and it's going to be sick. It's going to be kind of different, kind of weird.
but they have just been pushing it back, pushing it back, making sure everything's perfect. So I have all the wheels and shit, but everyone's just like, yeah, why are you driving around on those highway tires, bro? They're so bad, dude. Ken's at least looks pretty good because it's like the... The BFGoodrich all-terrains. Right, right, right. Yours are just rough. And you got the big fenders on. No, I took those off. But people are just like, yeah, dude, I just don't... What are you doing? And I'm just like, eh.
I'm waiting. I have the wheels and tires, but had I known it was going to take so long, I would have at least put like BFGoodriches on it. But I literally, I kind of feel stupid. Rolling around like that? Yeah. Because people also are like... Rolling around stock? Yeah. Yeah, it is. I have one more. Kevin! What up? Oh, I have something too after you. So this reminds me about Ken's RS. So the Ford used to do...
uh racing academy so if you bought an rs you got to go or you got the opportunity to go to a track in utah and drive it around got a track day drift all this stuff and so ken got two of the invites because he had two cars so he invited me everyone there is like your die hard board guy they're wearing rs shirts rs hats like probably have it tattooed on them like they're the rs guys what
It's about the people that you would imagine would take advantage of that kind of. Exactly. Right. Ken and I go out there and we get to the thing and everybody's talking, you know, oh, what color is yours? And I basically just assumed Ken's car. So it was like me and Ken have the same car. Mine's blue. I do this, whatever. Oh, like you just lied and told. Just lied. Because it was too hard to explain to everybody that Ken had lemoned out of focus. Oh, because you don't get a. Right, you only get one.
You only get one. You only get one. So you can't bring a friend. No. So you... Had to lie. Okay. I had to lie and take... Imagine asking someone, what color is your focus? Oh, it was like a whole discussion. Specs they knew, like order numbers, it was a lot. Was Ken chopping it up with him? Yeah, man. He was a focus guy back then for sure. So I'm sure the lemon story...
was told a lot. I can't imagine Ken going to a Tesla meetup too. They'd all be like, mine's white. What's your jelly bean look like? White. Stock. Nice. Stock and white. As the god Elon intended. Yes.
So anyway, we get, I had, you know, lied my way through it till we get to the track where I have never owned a manual car. True. Hardly driven a manual car. I need to focus. I probably driven Ken's Focus twice. I get on the track. I'm like, fucking where's the clutch? You know, like the whole works. We get out on the track. I kill it because I forget to downshift. And the guy is like legitimately, he's like, it's okay. Don't be nervous. Whatever. Yeah. He was super nice because they guide you around.
And I think coming in again, I like forgot to downshift and killed it again. Probably was the only idiot in the history of the program to ever kill it on the track, right?
And so he kind of, you know, is like, so do you drive yours a lot, whatever? And I was like, all right, I got to come clean. I don't even own a Focus RS. Like my buddy and I gave him the whole spiel and he was like, wow, that is new. And so glad to have you. And so I went around the track, didn't crash. So then we get to the auto cross section. Pretty nervous, but I'd, you know, I'd done three laps. I was feeling more comfortable.
Get out in the autocross section, go through it, and we get to the end, and they say, all right, well, we have everybody's times from autocross. I got second. What? Right? Second or third? It's because you didn't have to shift. It's all kind of one. It was just all second. You beat Ken? I beat Ken and basically everybody else, other than this one kid who was super gung-ho. I'm pretty sure we're, like, freaking driving. I was going to say, I'd imagine that most of those guys –
We're wearing gloves. I just picture them all wearing like driving RS gloves and they're all wearing like RS polos and shit. Yeah, no, it was a hardcore crew for sure. But yeah, I took second in autocross and I didn't even own it. It was the best thing I taught. Everyone's like, wow, good driving. I don't even own one of these. Fucking idiot. You're a loser.
Yeah, no, I'm on the wall there and stuff. I bet they're still talking about you. Do you remember that one guy? He was so fast. The lemon guy. Yeah, didn't they at that same academy have that Mustang training course with like the...
the fake pedestrians and stuff. Yeah, there was a crosswalk and they had like those dummies that move. You do a burnout and you try to hit as many, the larger crowd. And that was the thing is, you know, I was like, oh, that's good. You know, it's maybe a safety school for early drivers. No, never aim it. It was like a terrorist school. You aim for it, yeah. What's in the box? So we'll have to talk about this on the video too because it's so funny.
Sorry. So Kevin just got here. Oh, my God. Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is there something living in that bike? Yeah, I wasn't sure where you were going with this. Oh, it is dead. Kevin took out the heart of Ryan's quad, the motor. It's so massive, dude. Like that 700, he's just like in his hand, like huge. He said that he rebuilt like a 450 or 250 bike for a guy, and he'd seen the most damage internally that he's ever seen.
Without blowing like out the case of the motor and he said yours topped it. I would love to see Ryan Good job, Ryan. Yeah, like I'm honestly kind of proud of messing it up. I just want to start take your drinks off gosh, dude There's so much little show-and-tell. Yeah, so I just want to show I guess like to me the craziest part is the rod Bro
I wish we had one where I was supposed to look. Yeah, yeah. Dude. I just love also when... Hold up. You weren't even moving. Right. And it was all in like this. It wasn't like... You realize he was fully rubbed out. But you weren't even...
I'm glad I wasn't moving. Could you imagine if I was going down the highway and things were locked up like that? Oh, I guess you were spinning the tires. Yeah, the tires were spinning. I guess. I thought for a second, I thought you were just in neutral, just rev bombing that thing. So you got like, this is frick. I just remember also when we took it out and he's like, all right, let's check the cam chain. Actually, you might be good. The cam chain might have just skipped on it. So not good. Okay. This is supposed to be straight. That's supposed to be straight. This is just...
Oh my god. Is that the piston? So that's the piston. Are all these pistons? The other part of the piston is lodged into the head. The piston is huge. Look at that. Is that supposed to be stuck in there? No. You need a whole new cylinder. Really? Bro, your shit's so fucked up you might as well just scrap the whole quad. That's wild. Like just chips on the
Can I see some of that? Is it all oily? Eh, not too bad. Yeah, check it out. What the hell? Oh wow, look at it. Hold up, look at this. Wait, does that just have like a notch taken out of it? I think Kevin had to cut something off. Oh, that was you, Kevin? Oh, okay. I was like, how did I do that? It's like, what do we got going on here?
So just moral of the story is, like, impressive. Actually impressive. That's a lot of damage. You can't pull the top of the piston out. It's fully locked in there. Dude, the piston is broken in, like, half. It got so jammed up in there, dude. So to be honest, I thought it was going to be more to fix. Like, what's your guess? Like, cost-wise? Yeah, I thought it was going to be more. Kevin? Well, I mean, I got it right here. $1,500? Oh, okay. We got the build.
Quote total, $22.63. What? That's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Are you fucking kidding me, dude? I bought my quad for $35. Yeah. Ryan, if it makes you feel any better, it was cheaper than your jet ski rebuild. That's true, but still, this guy. I'm hard on shit. So I'm over here. I'm like, sweet, let's get this rolling. Get Ryan's quad back. And then Kevin's like, dude, I can't.
This is just a quote. I don't know if it's worth fixing. Oh. And I kind of did the same thing. I was like, oh. Like, it's like... There's some case damage. Oh, there's more damage? There's so much damage, Phil. There's damage. You know, like, there's damage in the case. So it's like when you repair everything perfectly, it's still...
I don't know. What if you just crotch rocket swapped it? But then, oh, shoot. And then lower street tires. Let's do something crazy. Actually, that's a great idea. Let's do something crazy like that. I like that. I love that. Can we do that?
Are they? R6. R6. There we go. We're doing it. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Now we got another great video on the pipeline. You guys know what's funny is when I'm telling people that don't really watch the videos that we have a podcast and they go, what do you guys talk about? Motors and stuff? I'm like...
What do you mean we just talk about motors and stuff? It's pretty funny that we're just sitting here talking about Ryan's motor now. I can't believe. Happy 40 episode, boys. Cheers, guys. Cheers. Before we head out. Never mind. I got nothing. I'll ask Kevin later. Okay. All right. And on that note, we'll see you guys next time. Good night. See ya. See ya.
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