Wow! Cool Ride Bill...Shame It's On Fire

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: "Wow! Cool Ride Bill...Shame It's On Fire"

Date: September 15, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode of the Armstrong & Getty "One More Thing" podcast dives into car culture, perceptions about car owners, and a timely discussion about a recall on certain high-performance Corvettes that have been catching fire. With their trademark mix of humor and personal anecdotes, Jack Armstrong, Joe Getty, and producer Katie share stories ranging from mysterious family car fires to the social dynamics of driving “statement” vehicles—ending up in an unexpectedly thoughtful critique of automotive tribalism and the way cars impact social perceptions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Armstrong's Family Car Fire "Scandal"

[03:49 – 06:09]

• Armstrong opens with a decades-old family mystery: his brother’s Mustang caught fire and was destroyed the night before leaving for the Army, and Armstrong has never believed the official story.
• Quote (Armstrong, 04:15):
  “My brother had this cool Mustang in high school ... the last day, he was out as a young 18-year-old, and his car burnt to the ground. ... I just never believed there isn’t something more to that story.”
• Getty jokes about possible cover-ups, including arson, drunkenness, and wilder scenarios.
• Katie suggests: "Is it possible he was so drunk he doesn't remember?" (05:48)
• Armstrong recalls trying to get the truth for decades with no luck.

2. Corvette Car Fire Recall

[06:09 – 08:12]

• Getty transitions to a news topic: a recall on some "super high performing Corvettes" (ZR1 and Z06) due to them catching fire while refueling.
• Getty gives specs: "The ZR1 can hit 233mph. ... If you need to shoot a gap, that's nice to have." (07:20)
• Armstrong asks if Corvettes are being discontinued; Katie corrects that they're being updated for 2026, including hybrid and electric models.
• Armstrong's take: “Electric, which is lame.” (07:37)
• Getty explains the technical issue: Fans stay on after shutdown, and if the gas pump malfunctions, it could blow spilled gas onto a hot engine—causing rare fires.

3. Who Drives a Corvette – and What Does It Say?

[08:12 – 11:14]

• Armstrong and Getty launch into stereotypes about Corvette owners (often depicted as older men with mustaches and young girlfriends).
• Getty asks: "Do you look at Corvettes and assume the guy driving it is a bit of a DB?" (08:12)
• Armstrong admits the stereotype's power: “I don't know why ... but I've always had an attitude about a Corvette guy.” (08:56)
• Katie weighs in: “It depends on how they're driving it. ... If he cuts me off, I’m like, okay, you're a douchebag with a nice car.” (08:47)
• Getty notes the ‘look at me’ factor exists, but not all owners fit the stereotype.

4. Car Models and Social Perception

[09:02 – 11:14]

• Getty shares Porsche-driving jokes:
  "What's the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche? ... with a porcupine, the pricks are on the outside." (09:30)
• Armstrong remembers high school jokes comparing popular girls to luxury cars, critiquing the defensiveness such jokes reveal:
  “Pretending to reject that which has rejected you.” (10:26)
• Getty underlines while stereotypes exist, it's important "not to stereotype" all drivers.

5. Personal Car Stories: Cybertruck Bias

[11:14 – 12:56]

• Armstrong discusses driving a Tesla Cybertruck and getting flipped off regularly for it:
  “So anyway, I'm a guy who gets flipped off for what he drives almost every day of my life.” (11:14)
• He recounts a recent incident where a street person flipped him off with “both barrels” (11:53), and his son's confusion at the encounter.
• Getty: “Wow. You're looked down upon by people who live in shrubs.” (11:47)
• The team muses about the psychology of car-based hostility, especially aimed at drivers of "statement vehicles" like the Cybertruck.

6. Why Are Cars So Tribal?

[13:24 – 15:07]

• Getty points out that for true speed, "you got to go electric," though he misses the classic car sound.
• Armstrong and Getty discuss the anger that the Cybertruck inspires, noting no other car model has ever provoked such a reaction:
  “Has there ever been a car that's had that kind of anger at it? No, there's never been anything even close.” (14:55)
• They note mockery of PT Cruisers—Katie: "I had so much fun mocking PT Cruisers." (15:12)—but agree it never rises to true rage.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I just never believed there isn’t something more to that story.”
  — Armstrong on his brother’s burnt Mustang ([04:15])
• “Do you look at Corvettes and assume the guy driving it is a bit of a DB?”
  — Getty ([08:12])
• “If I see a guy driving a Corvette, I’m like, okay, nice car. Then if he cuts me off, I’m like, okay, you’re a douchebag with a nice car.”
  — Katie ([08:47])
• “I continue to make those jokes. I don't know why I continue to make those jokes.”
  — Armstrong on Corvette stereotypes ([11:09])
• “So anyway, I'm a guy who gets flipped off for what he drives almost every day of my life.”
  — Armstrong, Cybertruck owner ([11:14])
• “Wow. You're looked down upon by people who live in shrubs.”
  — Getty ([11:47])
• “Has there ever been a car that's had that kind of anger at it? No, there's never been anything even close.”
  — Armstrong on the Cybertruck hatred ([14:55])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:43 – Main topic begins: Armstrong’s car fire story.
• 06:29 – News: Corvette recall for fiery faults.
• 08:12 – Stereotypes: Corvette and Porsche drivers.
• 11:14 – Armstrong on Cybertruck bias and being flipped off.
• 13:24 – Shift to broader reflections about car culture and vehicle tribalism.
• 15:12 – Mini-segment: Mocking PT Cruisers and why some cars inspire jokes rather than rage.

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Tone & Style

The episode is rich in Armstrong & Getty’s signature banter, mixing honest curiosity, personal embarrassment, nostalgia, and sardonic humor. Several personal and cultural stereotypes are playfully explored, but the conversation is ultimately self-aware and frequently undercuts itself, landing on a message about not judging people by what they drive. The tone is casual, irreverent, and relatable, with the hosts making fun of themselves as much as their subjects.

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Conclusion

This episode uses the news of a flashy car recall to launch into a wide-ranging, humorous, and surprisingly thoughtful discussion about the way cars signal identity and status. The hosts unpack both the fun and the folly of car stereotypes, publicly owned insecurities, and the strange, sometimes hostile, social dynamics that manifest on America’s roads. As always, Armstrong & Getty blend wit with a dose of real reflection, making this a lively listen for car enthusiasts and skeptics alike.

Transcript

[Armstrong]

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[Getty]

Wow. Cool ride, Bill. Shame it's on fire. It's one more thing.

[Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty. One more thing. Before you get to this interesting car fire story, got a mini scandal that's existed in my family for 40 years. Wow. Practically it's. I don't know if it's a scandal.

[Getty]

Or not, but wow, this sounds like its own podcast. I mean like podcast series with, with like mood setting, music and a whole narrative.

[Armstrong]

Well, we're about to talk about some cars out there that can catch on fire. A recall that'll keep you tuned around because you'd like to know, do you think your car is about to catch on fire? Stay tuned. My brother had a cool Mustang in high school and the last day he went into the army straight out of high school. And I don't remember how many days he had between graduation and then, but anyway, it was the last day. He was out with his friends as a young 18 year old and his car burnt to the ground out in a field in the middle of nowhere, out in the cornfield. And I've always sworn there has to be something to that story. They had to be doing something is him and a bunch of guys. He's partying it up before he goes off to the army.

[Getty]

Yeah.

[Armstrong]

And his car ends up burning the ground. He's like, I don't know, he's just always been, I don't know, just something happened, just caught. I just never believed that there isn't something more to that story.

[Katie]

Yeah, there's a piece missing.

[Armstrong]

I know there's got to be. Yeah.

[Getty]

But after all These years, you would think.

[Armstrong]

Yeah, we were hammered, drunk and setting off fireworks or something.

[Getty]

Well, unless the story is, you know, we got into a fight with some guys, we killed them and we burnt their bodies inside my car. Because that's the first thing I thought.

[Armstrong]

Unless it's something like that.

[Getty]

Well, he'd fess up to you, wouldn't he?

[Armstrong]

Right. Or I was running a meth lab all through high school and it finally caught up with me.

[Getty]

Even then your parents would probably be pretty disappointed in him.

[Katie]

But is it possible he was so drunk he doesn't remember?

[Armstrong]

Oh, very. But I mean it was. I remember driving out to see it and it was just, just the like. Well, you've seen this sort of thing before from the Palisades fire. Whatever. Windows gone. The windows melted off the thing. I mean it was just the skeleton of the car. I still don't know what happened.

[Getty]

Yeah. Wow.

[Armstrong]

I've even brought it up. I brought it up one time when we were drunk, like 20 years after the fact. I thought you got to tell me what happened with your car. I don't know.

[Getty]

Wow. Come on, you have to have some idea. When you went to see it, were there any bones in it? Any human bones?

[Armstrong]

Right.

[Getty]

Really? Even one is too many. So it's, there's a big recall of some of these super high performing Corvettes going on right now because there have been a rash of cases where they burst into flames while getting filled up with gas.

[Armstrong]

Did I hear that they're going to stop making the Corvette? I don't want to Google that because they. Corvettes are the coolest they've ever been.

[Getty]

They're really cool.

[Armstrong]

And they're also really expensive. I mean you get like the top one, it's like $150,000 or something like that.

[Getty]

Yeah, yeah. Oh yeah. In fact, I got the data on that. It's. It's pretty amazing. And they're just ridiculously powerful.

[Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Getty]

Because there's two models that are affected, the Z06 and the ZR1.

[Armstrong]

They don't look like a Corvette anymore. They look like a Lamborghini.

[Getty]

And let's see. The ZR1 can hit 233 miles per hour. That's fast enough, which is plenty. You know, if you need to shoot a gap. That's nice to have.

[Armstrong]

Yes, Katie.

[Katie]

Yeah, they're not discontinuing the Corvette. It's undergoing a major Update for the 2026 model. And they're also going to release an electric model and a hybrid.

[Armstrong]

Electric, which is lame.

[Katie]

Hybrid Corvette, maybe.

[Getty]

Maybe I'll finish the facts and we can discuss so what. What they figured out is probably happening is these cars have a fan that continues to run to cool the engine even after you. After you turn the car off.

[Armstrong]

So I'm there at the gas station with my mustache. Because you have to have a mustache if you drive a Corvette. Clearly. And my too young for me girlfriend.

[Getty]

Okay, see, now you're getting into the topic I was gonna get into. Do you look at Corvettes and assume the guy driving it is a bit of a db?

[Armstrong]

I don't. With the new ones.

[Getty]

You don't?

[Armstrong]

No. No, I don't.

[Getty]

Katie.

[Armstrong]

I don't know why I. I've got no, like, no reasoning behind this. With the newer models, I don't. But I. I have. Most of my life, it totally depends.

[Katie]

To me on how they're driving it.

[Armstrong]

You don't. You. Have you ever dated a Corvette guy? No. No.

[Getty]

It tends to. See the way you react these days.

[Armstrong]

No, no, no.

[Katie]

Well, no, I just. I just haven't. But it's, you know, if I see a guy driving a Corvette, I'm like, okay, nice car. Then if he cuts me off, I'm like, okay, you're a douchebag with a nice car.

[Armstrong]

I don't know. And I like, like, like American made cars. I just. I don't know. I've always had an attitude about a Corvette guy.

[Getty]

So I drove a Porsche for a couple of years, and yes, I pronounce it Porsche because I studied German for years and years and I just can't bring myself to mispr. On the other hand, my brother, who studied German for years and years.

[Armstrong]

Yeah, that's his. Rex.

[Getty]

Pronounces the coffee machine the koirig, because that is the proper German. And I don't go that far.

[Armstrong]

So you draw a line.

[Getty]

Anyway, there's. There's a joke. What's the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche? And the difference is with a porcupine, the pricks are on the outside, meaning there's a high DB ratio among people who drive that particular automobile.

[Armstrong]

Reminds me a girl in high school, they always used to say, I won't use her name because she's probably a very nice, upstanding mom at this point. Or grandma maybe. But I remember, you know what the difference between. Oh, I don't even want to make up a name because there might be somebody with that name. Yeah. Do you know what the difference between so and so and a Mercedes is? Not everyone's been In a Mercedes. No.

[Getty]

Boy.

[Katie]

You're saying she's a.

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[Getty]

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[Armstrong]

Generally. The sort of joke that high school boys make about some girl that they wish they could be with but they.

[Getty]

Haven'T been near 100% ratio. Yes.

[Armstrong]

Oh.

[Getty]

So, yeah. Pretending to reject that which has rejected you.

[Armstrong]

Right.

[Getty]

Yeah. I don't think she's hot at all. Don't say that. Guys ever. Don't.

[Armstrong]

Just don't trust me.

[Katie]

Anyway.

[Getty]

I just think there. There could be a higher ratio of dbishness among the drivers of certain cars, but it's nowhere near 100%. I've known some wonderful.

[Armstrong]

Of course. Of course.

[Getty]

Who are enthusiasts of cars that tend to attract, like, look at me, how cool I am. Dbs. But one must not stereotype.

[Armstrong]

Of course.

[Getty]

All right.

[Armstrong]

My brother. Same brother. He had a Corvette for a while.

[Getty]

Yeah.

[Armstrong]

And I like my brother.

[Getty]

Yeah.

[Armstrong]

I continue to make those jokes. I don't know why I continue to make those jokes.

[Getty]

You're a bad person.

[Armstrong]

So anyway, I'm a guy who gets flipped off for what he drives almost every day of my life.

[Getty]

Ah, right.

[Armstrong]

Driving a cyber truck.

[Getty]

Right, Right.

[Armstrong]

I got a big one the other day from a street person. I want to say. You live on the street. Wait.

[Katie]

Even though he's not really with the administration anymore, people are still.

[Armstrong]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Katie]

Interesting.

[Armstrong]

Yeah. I don't even know what it is.

[Getty]

You're a junkie loser. And you're giving me the finger for driving this truck.

[Armstrong]

Live in the bushes. How can you flip me off because of what I choose to drive?

[Getty]

Yeah. Wow. You're looked down upon by people who live in shrubs.

[Armstrong]

My son was so confused about that. And he was really close to our car. So it's kind of bearded and crazy brown teeth flipping me off with both barrels. Wow.

[Getty]

The psychology of that is so interesting. But. So what happens with these cars, evidently, is if the gas pump malfunctions and spills gas, the fan can blow it onto the hot engine in rare, you know, incidents. But you've got to have a defective pump.

[Armstrong]

But then you come out and your cool Corvette is with your. Too young for your girlfriend. It's burnt to the ground. She's standing there looking at the smoldering chassis.

[Getty]

Right. Looks at you with your mustache and says, what do we do now?

[Armstrong]

She decides to watch over. She watches. Walk over and find another paunched, bald, older man to get with.

[Getty]

But mustached. Exactly. Well, I hope your car doesn't burn to the ground.

[Armstrong]

Yeah, that's a Drag.

[Getty]

Yep.

[Armstrong]

But. So they're not discontinuing it, they're going to redo it.

[Katie]

Yeah.

[Armstrong]

The only thing is, I mean, I really, I think the new Corvettes are really cool, but they don't look like a Corvette. Every time I see one from far away, I think, is that a Ferrari? Is that a Lamborghini? Oh, no, it's one of the new Corvettes. They went with a really euro look to it, which always had just that very. They all look like Corvettes over the years.

[Getty]

You know, I've got another speedy car right now, but it's an suv actually. It's ridiculous. But if you really want a rocket sled, you got to go electric.

[Armstrong]

Oh, yeah. There's no comparison between electric anything else. But it doesn't have this cool sound though, right? You really miss that?

[Getty]

Yeah, I do have a pretty cool exhaust note. Chicks dig it, I think. I wouldn't know because I don't, I don't talk to any women, but they're not very hot. Anyway. Probably a lesbian.

[Armstrong]

Who else flipped me off the other day? I had two this weekend. He was a college age woman.

[Katie]

Shocking.

[Armstrong]

But I was thinking about this after the Charlie Kirk assassination. Let's not get dark here on the pod. That's podcast. But the guy, the angriest person who ever flipped me off. I'm pulling into the grocery store, this guy pulling out in like a 900 bondoed car.

[Getty]

Yeah.

[Armstrong]

Just both hands, window down, and he's screaming, fuck you. Fuck you. I mean, he was just so angry, like he wanted to fight me. And I thought, this is insane.

[Katie]

Meanwhile he has that coexist bumper sticker on the back of his car.

[Getty]

Right, right.

[Armstrong]

I mean, your body language and bright red face would indicate you want me to suffer physical harm.

[Getty]

It's murderous rage.

[Armstrong]

Yeah, certainly violent rage.

[Getty]

Yeah.

[Armstrong]

The car I choose to drive because you associate into some politics. That's crazy.

[Glen Washington]

Yeah.

[Getty]

You really are unhinged.

[Armstrong]

Yeah. So we need, we need less of that. Has there ever been a car that's had that kind of anger at it? No, there's never been anything even close. Not even close.

[Getty]

I wouldn't think so.

[Armstrong]

I mean, I might mock a PT Cruiser, but I'm not gonna scream you.

[Katie]

I had so much fun mocking PT Cruiser.

[Getty]

It's a fine retro looking vehicle.

[Armstrong]

You say so. All right, try to get any action in one of those. You let me know how that goes.

[Getty]

Yeah, good luck.

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Well, I guess that's it.

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[Armstrong]

This is an iHeart podcast.