How Ken Almost Ruined Ben's Proposal

Summary

Life Wide Open with CboysTV: Episode Summary – "How Ken Almost Ruined Ben's Proposal"

Release Date: April 29, 2025

Introduction

In this heartfelt episode of Life Wide Open with CboysTV, host CboysTV delves into the emotional journey of Gavin as he orchestrates a surprise proposal to his longtime girlfriend, Greta. The episode provides listeners with an intimate look into the meticulous planning, unforeseen challenges, and the eventual triumph that encapsulates one of the happiest moments in Gavin's life.

Gavin’s Elaborate Proposal Plan

Gavin shares the extensive preparation he undertook to ensure his proposal would be a memorable and genuine surprise for Greta. Determined to keep the plan secret, he enlisted the help of close friends, including Dalton, who flew out to Big Sky, Montana, to act as the designated photographer. Gavin meticulously chose the location—a ski hill next to Greta's parents' house—hoping to blend the proposal seamlessly into a day of skiing and enjoying the outdoors.

Gavin [03:17]: "She made it very clear that she wanted me to get it done. And so it was really tough because I've known about it for the last six months that I was going to do it."

To keep Greta occupied and unsuspecting, Gavin assigned her the role of the "Snapchat photographer," subtly encouraging her to take photos throughout their trip. This strategic move was intended to make the photography crew’s presence appear natural, without raising Greta’s suspicions.

Challenges and Almost Revelations

One of the significant hurdles Gavin faced was keeping Ken, a close friend known for his "loud mouth," out of the loop. Gavin admits to not informing Ken to prevent any accidental leaks of the surprise. However, despite his efforts, Ken's persistent nature nearly jeopardized the entire plan.

Gavin [06:12]: "The sole reason I didn't tell you Ken is cuz you got a loud mouth. Like we've been saying that forever."
Ken [06:07]: "It's not that you deliberately tell. You just would forget and then like maybe say something at like dinner or something."

Additionally, Gavin encountered logistical setbacks, such as losing Greta's car keys shortly after securing the ring. Despite these obstacles, Gavin remained focused, ensuring that every detail was meticulously handled to avoid detection.

Gavin [27:56]: "So once she realized Dalton was there. And then at this point, Dalton comes out and he gives us a hug, which is so funny."

The Moment of Truth: The Proposal

On the day of the proposal, Gavin executed his plan with precision. As Greta was finalizing her preparations, Gavin led her to the designated spot on the ski hill. Amidst the setup, Ken's overenthusiastic attempts to engage inadvertently added tension, but Gavin managed to maintain composure.

Gavin [13:30]: "And I was like, I don't want to fudge it up. This is true."

When the moment arrived, Gavin got down on one knee, presenting the ring to Greta. Initially skeptical and thinking it might be a prank, Greta was stunned until she realized the authenticity when Dalton revealed himself as the photographer capturing the event.

Gavin [14:26]: "Just right to it."
Gavin [14:43]: "So once she realized Dalton was there... she was like, 'What?'"

The proposal was a resounding success, with Greta accepting wholeheartedly. The presence of her family, who were in on the surprise, added to the joyous atmosphere, culminating in a celebration filled with laughter, champagne, and heartfelt emotions.

Gavin [24:15]: "It was truly just, like, the happiest moment of my life."
Ken [25:07]: "We were sitting at dinner. Ryan and I were actually with our girlfriends, eating dinner, and I knew that you were going to do this."

Reflections and Insights

Gavin reflects on the significance of thoughtful planning in creating unforgettable moments. He emphasizes the importance of trust, the value of close friends in executing such plans, and the joy derived from genuine surprises.

Gavin [30:12]: "It's just... it's a big decision to be made, which is obviously, you know, why we've been dating for nine years."

The episode also touches on the dynamics of planning surprises within a close-knit friend group, highlighting both the potential for mishaps and the strength of their camaraderie in overcoming challenges.

Conclusion

"How Ken Almost Ruined Ben's Proposal" serves as a touching narrative of love, friendship, and the lengths one will go to create a special moment. Listeners are left inspired by Gavin's dedication and the supportive network that ultimately ensured the proposal's success. The episode underscores the beauty of well-planned surprises and the heartfelt connections that make such moments truly life-changing.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Gavin [06:12]: "The sole reason I didn't tell you Ken is cuz you got a loud mouth."
• Gavin [14:26]: "Just right to it."
• Gavin [24:15]: "It was truly just, like, the happiest moment of my life."
• Ken [25:07]: "We were sitting at dinner... I knew that you were going to do this."
• Gavin [30:12]: "It's just... it's a big decision to be made, which is obviously, you know, why we've been dating for nine years."

Final Thoughts

This episode of Life Wide Open with CboysTV not only narrates a remarkable proposal story but also highlights the intricate interplay of planning, friendship, and the element of surprise. Gavin's experience serves as a testament to the power of perseverance and the significant role friends play in our most cherished moments.

Transcript

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[Gavin]

The sole reason I didn't tell you Ken is cause you got a loud mouth.

[Ben]

Someone else go buy this thing so Ken can.

[Ken]

Hey Greg, what was his name before?

[Mike]

No, no it was not. Blacked out.

[Gavin]

Drifted his cyber truck into my Lamborghini. Damn Ken, that car is gonna be older than the mom's riding in it.

[Ken]

Finally proposed to his girlfriend. What'd she say, Ben?

[Dalton]

So how's everybody's Monday?

[Ryan]

It's going great bro.

[Gavin]

Happy to be here.

[Ken]

Yeah. A little round of applause for Ben.

[Gavin]

Thank you guys. Thank you guys.

[Mike]

Big weekend.

[Ken]

Finally proposed to his girlfriend, his longtime.

[Ryan]

Girlfriend of nine years, emphasis on finally. And it really was insane.

[Ken]

And what she say, Ben?

[Gavin]

She said yes, boys.

[Ben]

Yeah, if she didn't, dude, that would have been more surprising.

[Gavin]

I would say I was assuming that she was going to say yes, but it definitely did not make the whole experience less stressful.

[Ryan]

Well, if anything, you. There was more riding on it.

[Gavin]

I wasn't concerned about her answer. I just was concerned about everything else going right. There were so many moving factors. And she. She told me a while back, she was like, there is zero percent chance that you will be able to surprise me. Zero?

[Ken]

Really?

[Gavin]

She was like, I know you so well that there is no chance that you can surprise me. And I was like, okay, bet. Like, those are fighting words, right? Yeah, especially. Especially for me, like, that. I live my life for surprises.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

Nothing gets me off more than a good surprise. I mean, you guys see it in the videos. Like, it doesn't really matter who it is. Whether it's Gavin, you, Mike.

[Ryan]

It's not an option for it to. To be leaked.

[Gavin]

Yeah, no, exactly. So I took that, like, very seriously. And when I tell you guys, Greta said something about, like, not being married or, like, me proposing or somebody saying something to her about us not being married a lot. Like, she said something every single day for the last. For the last, like, year. Yeah. Holy.

[Ken]

Really strong. You held out a while.

[Gavin]

Like. Like, she's been. I wouldn't say, like, nagging, but, like.

[Ben]

Mentioning probably not a good term.

[Gavin]

She made it very clear that, you know, she wanted me to get it done. And so it was really tough because I've known about it, you know, for the last, like, six months that I was going to do it, you know, so when she brings it up, what am I going to say?

[Ben]

Yeah, you're like, I'm going to do it.

[Gavin]

Yeah. Yeah, it's coming. Just chill.

[Ryan]

You always, you know, you just have to steer her almost away.

[Gavin]

Yeah. And like, a couple weeks ago, she was like, really on one because, like, we've gone and looked at rings, like, a couple times, but she's super. Wasn't sure what she wanted. Indecisive. She was like, the fact that you haven't asked me to go and look at rings again.

[Ben]

Oh, no.

[Gavin]

Puts it back even farther.

[Ben]

And you've already made the call, and.

[Gavin]

I already had the ring, so. You already had it. You're probably like, does. And she was like. Like, every time we go to town, she'd be like, is there anything else you want to do? Like, because she wanted to, like, keep looking at them to, like, make her decision.

[Ryan]

Did you ever think to go look with her to, like, keep her off your trail?

[Gavin]

Yeah, I, like, looked at a couple of different places. Right. So, like, these people knew that I had already, like, pulled the trigger on them. So I was like, oh, is there any more in town that we could go to that would be like.

[Ben]

That they don't know.

[Gavin]

Yeah, that they don't know. We went to town a couple of weeks ago and was like, kind of just like, are we going to go and look or not? Like, why have you not asked me to go and look again? And. And I was like, you know, you gotta call ahead and, like, make an appointment. And it's a little short notice, and I'm, you know, I'm busy next week with things.

[Ben]

Oh, man.

[Gavin]

And stuff. And I was like, how. How about, like, we go and look on, like, the 26th when we're home, which would be next week? And she was like, okay, all right. That sounds good.

[Ben]

Oh, that's good. I was wondering if you got in the doghouse then.

[Gavin]

So she was, like, under the assumption that we were going to look at rings when we got home, which is next weekend or this weekend, actually. And so, like, after that happened, I was like, okay. I think I'm, like, in the clear where, like, she won't be spooked because, like, she's, like I said, just antennas have been up, and she was, like, just waiting for it. After that, I was like, I think, like, now I'm a little bit more in the clear, where she's not going to be quite as, like, is it coming this trip? Because she thinks we're going to look at rings, like, when we. When we get home. It would have sucked, too, if you.

[Ken]

Would have, like, gone beforehand. And then, like, for some reason, she was like, I want this, and just completely changed up.

[Gavin]

What you already. I was concerned about in that moment.

[Ken]

Like, they're all good, you know, but then just, like, fully changes up, and then you're like, well, the. I'm sitting here like, you can't really bring it back.

[Gavin]

Yeah. So, yeah, no, I was. I was definitely nervous about just, like, all of it going well. And I didn't tell many people. I told you guys, like, right before I had no idea I left. Why did know. I was pretty selective of the people.

[Ken]

That I. I told Ken probably did not know. Did Ken know?

[Mike]

I. I did know.

[Gavin]

I did not tell Ken. I did not tell Ken know that. So. So. So keep in mind, me, Ken and Gavin just spent, like, right. 48 hours in the car together.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

And me and Gavin were talking the entire time. So I told Gavin, but the car is so loud. The car is so loud. I figured Ken was in the back seat. Just, like, one, not paying attention and two, couldn't hear me to begin with. Apparently, he could. The sole reason I didn't tell you Ken is cuz you got a loud mouth. Like we've been saying that forever.

[Ken]

I just assumed. I wasn't even. I didn't even ask.

[Gavin]

When we have a surprise, make sure that Ken doesn't find out.

[Ken]

It's not that you deliberately tell. You just would forget and then like maybe say something at like dinner or something.

[Gavin]

Yeah. Oh yeah. So let me remind me, I'm going to circle back on this. Okay. There's a reason I didn't tell Ken. Okay. Yeah. I mean I kind of, you know, mentioned it to a couple people and I told Dalton and I was like, how do you feel about like coming out and being like the videographer and photographer for it? And you know, Dalton's a beast. He was like. Of course he had some experience with Mike.

[Ryan]

Yeah, he was camoman.

[Gavin]

Yeah, yeah, he was camoed up in the woods for Mike. And so I flew Dalton out and. And then he shot all the photos for it. But yeah, I was pretty selective of like who I told. And I tried to keep it low but like, I don't know, I feel like I have so many surprise. Like I'm sitting on like 20 surprises right now just for like future videos. But for some reason that one I like couldn't help myself. But like tell at least a couple of you guys. And then I didn't tell you Mike, because I didn't know. You're not that good at holding surprises either.

[Dalton]

And you didn't tell me why you.

[Gavin]

Kind of fell into the same bucket as like these guys. Where I was like, I trust you, but I don't trust you liquored up. Where I was like, I was like, I don't know what could happen when you get liquored up. And then it's just like a flip of a switch where it's just like all.

[Ken]

You just might start blasting on Facebook or something, you know?

[Gavin]

Yeah. I don't know.

[Dalton]

Download Twitter.

[Gavin]

Kind of a wild card there. So you kind of just fell into that bucket. But yeah, so I did it out in Big Sky Montana. We've like gone out there for forever and like I just like love that area. So I had to figure out where I was doing it. And I was doing it like right on the ski hill next to Greta's parents house. So I had to think of a way to get Greta like one like dressed up without being like, hey, like, you know, we're going one of the hardest parts. Well, yeah, so not. I didn't want to do it. Like, skiing on the ski hill. Makes sense because I figured she'd want to be, like, dressed up or like, you know, looking cute for like, the fucking photos and everything after. And so, like, the whole trip, I just kept being like, hey, Greta, can you, like, take some snaps for me and try and like, get her used to just like, taking snaps, like, basically whenever we're hanging out, like, hey, take a snap for me.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

So, like, Greta was kind of on, like, snap duty throughout the training of, like, you know, we'd be skiing, I'd be like, hey, get a photo of me. I'm just standing there. Cheese. And just trying to keep it cool. And then, like, when the time came, her parents were like, who were in on it. They were like, you know, we're going out to dinner at 7:00. Everybody be ready at 6:30. So, like, the whole family was out there for Easter. There was like 20 of them. None of them knew except for her parents.

[Ken]

Oh, really?

[Gavin]

Yeah. So everyone was in the dark except for her mom and dad. And did they play it off well? Oh, they played off the best. Yeah, it was so good. But they were like, you know, everyone get ready so we can leave the house at 6:30. And so, like, the whole family gets ready. All for just like, Greta was the only person that technically needed to like, get ready. But, like, the whole family gets ready. Nobody has any idea, like, what's coming. And like, of course everyone's ready except for Greta.

[Ben]

Oh, no.

[Gavin]

Like, so keep in mind, I fly Dalton out. He shows up. Here we go again. He shows up at like 5:30, right? And I like, tell him, all right, this is where you got to get to walk in from the back side, walk down the ski hill, and then.

[Ken]

Then you roll them up into a snowman.

[Gavin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yep. Roll around.

[Ken]

Roll around in the snow, disguised as a snowman.

[Gavin]

And then stance up in the trees right here. So he's like, okay, I'm like, sending them screenshots over Google Maps. Like, drop off here, walk here. It's about three miles. Not that bad, but, you know, so he's trucking through the snow with his tripods and three cameras and all this stuff. And so I like, run out of the house and I meet him there by pop up this video of, like, actually how camouflaged Dalton was in the trees. Like, dude, I knew where he was and I couldn't even find, really.

[Ken]

Like, did you have a ghillie suit on?

[Ryan]

I just had normal camo on this time. I should have worn the gilly Suit.

[Gavin]

There because it was freezing. Yeah, so. So he stances up at, like, 5:30, right? And I was like, okay, bro, I'm gonna have her out here by like, 6:15. I brought him a couple blankets and everything. So I'm gonna have her out here by, like, 6:15. So I'll. I'll try and be, like, as on the ball as possible. But of course, like, things just, you know, happen. Greta's the last one to get ready. Her dad's running around the house being like, all right, people, let's go. We got dinner plans. And I'm like, he's looking at you. Yeah, yeah, exactly. You know, Greta's like, I just don't know what to wear. And I'm like, oh, my God. She, like, goes up to her mom's bedroom, and she's, like, looking through her clothes and, like, doing her hair. And her mom, like, walks in and she's, you know, starting to get antsy too. And Greta's, like, trying to do this new, like, blow dryer hair thing.

[Ben]

Oh, man.

[Gavin]

And Cindy's like, what are you doing? Today is not the day to be trying new things through your hair. Oh, no. So Sydney's, like, fixing her hair for her. Luckily, I mean, she wasn't, like, suspicious of all the things happening because, like, it's pretty standard of, like, everyone's, you know, like, trying to, like, hurry the whole family up. And finally she's like, getting ready. And I'm like, hey, can you. Before we go, can you come and take a Snapchat for me? And she's like. Of, like, both of us or just you? And I didn't want to be like, both of us because then her sister would have been like, oh, I'll come and take a snap. And I was just like, just me. And she's like, okay. She's sick of being my personal Snapchatter at this point. And so we, like, walk out and we, like, go to the ski hill and then, like, start walking up the ski hill because I had Dalton stanced up the hill. She was like, what are we doing? I was like, oh, it's a better view. Like, up the hill a little bit.

[Ben]

How far was it?

[Ryan]

I love it.

[Gavin]

Not that far. Like, like. Like 50 yards maybe, or like 25 yards up the hill?

[Ben]

Far enough.

[Gavin]

And she's like, the view is no different.

[Ben]

Oh, man.

[Gavin]

Up the hill 20 yards than it is right here.

[Ryan]

There's so many things you say and do that, like, make no sense at the time. Like, to you, it makes all the sense in the world. Yeah, you have a mission.

[Gavin]

But so I'm just trying to get her, like, into the spot, right? Because Dalton's like, all right, I need you right here. Because he's filming and taking photos. The film was on just a tripod, right? So it's just in a fixed position, and we're, like, walking up the hill, and she's, like, nagging me. We really need to go up the hill for this. And I'm like, oh, it's a better view up here. And then she's like, well, give me your phone. And I, like, just texted Dalton, like, all right, we're on our way.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

And I was like, I didn't want to give her my phone because I didn't want Dalton to be like, all right, I'm ready for you. Or something like that.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

You know, I start playing all these things out, and then she's, like, doubles down, like, come on, give me your phone. And Dalton's got photos of, like, her going, give me your phone. And then her going, all right, come on, give me your phone. And then, like, I had a bunch of things planned to say, right? So this big moment.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

Blackout. Blackout. No, dude. 1. I didn't even get to the right spot that Dalton wanted me, so, like, he was taking a video. I don't. I'm, like, barely half in the frame, is what it is. I'm an idiot. And then I'm like, know she's pressing me for my phone, and I was just like, it. Drop down on a knee.

[Ben]

Really? She looking at you or she looking away?

[Gavin]

She's looking at me at this point.

[Ben]

And you just.

[Gavin]

And I was like. I was going to say a bunch of stuff before I dropped down, and I was just kind of getting pressed, so I was, like, getting nervous.

[Ben]

Oh, man.

[Gavin]

Blacked out, dropped down on a knee. It was just like, greta, will you marry me?

[Ryan]

Right to it.

[Gavin]

Just right to it.

[Ryan]

Right to it.

[Gavin]

Just right to it. And then, like, she has. So I don't want to say, like, little trust in me, but she has so little trust in me. She thought that I was playing a prank. Wow. Snapchat.

[Ben]

Diabolical.

[Gavin]

So she was, like, in shock, right? And then she, I think, was, like, questioning it. And then I like, you know, you didn't really change. Yeah. Stuck with it. And then she was double in shock, right? And then, like, literally out of body experience at this point, and she's like, oh, my God. Like, she doubled down. Like, is. Is this. Is this actually happening? Like, this isn't A joke. Like, this is, this is happening. And so like, I. I don't even know if I put the ring on. I'm still trying to figure out what I said at this point and what she said. Like later in the night, she was like, did you put the ring on me? And I was like, did you say yes? It was like, it was so. Just like things were happening, which is.

[Ben]

Saying something for you to get like, so in the middle of this surprise that you got so on. Like.

[Gavin]

Yeah.

[Ken]

I mean, you don't blackout.

[Ben]

Yeah. You're like a professional in these pressure situations.

[Gavin]

Yeah. And I.

[Ben]

For you to black out during it.

[Ken]

Saying something, setting up a surprise like this.

[Gavin]

Yeah, no, I know. It was. It was like the most rookie thing I've ever done. And like, we stand up, you know, we're hugging and kissing and she did say yes. She. We figured out she said yes. She said she's got the ring on. And we're like, oh my God. She's. Or she's like, oh my God. And I'm just like, it's just like the biggest relief of like, wow, this just happened. Right. Still out of body. She goes, does. Does anyone know? Because she was like this. Like, it was so random and like she was so surprised. No inkling at all. She was like, does anyone know? And I was like, well, your parents know inside. And I was like, oh. And Dalton knows. And I point over, I point over into the trees. And then that. That was her reaction to seeing Dalton, which is like the greatest like carousel of pictures I think I've ever seen in my life. Right. So this is me saying, happy you are. This is me saying, Dalton knows. And then she's looking and then she's like, what? And then she sees him. Oh. And then it gets even more where Then she's like, oh my God. Oh my God. And. And then it was just like, oh my God. This is, this is just happened.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

Because like, I think up until that point, she still wasn't sure if this was like a prank or not.

[Ben]

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[Ken]

That is just sad, Ben. So much to this point that she thought it was a prank.

[Gavin]

So once she realized Dalton was there. And then at this point, Dalton comes out and he gives us a hug, which is so funny. Like, always the first guy. Yeah. Duns the first man on the scene.

[Ryan]

So it must be something about seeing the photographer that makes it legit. Oh, he really did plan this out.

[Gavin]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Ben]

It wasn't just like you just randomly spur of the moment. Yeah.

[Ken]

They're probably like, oh, I was hoping a camera guy would be here for this. And then they see, like, oh, perfect now really happy.

[Gavin]

And then, yeah, after that, like, Dalton comes out. He's, you know, gives us a hug, and then he's just, he's the man. He was just like, you on the ground, you right there snapping photos. And he's like, really? You guys up there, whole hands and he's running around circles and he's snapping these photos. I'm like, God, dude, I've never seen.

[Ryan]

You direct as hard as when you're doing exactly that.

[Gavin]

Yeah. So. So he's just dialed in. And then at that point we walk down and then we get, like, back to the house. And like, her whole family was like, filled in on. On it at that point because my parents also came out and then, like, and surprised everyone. Her parents knew that they were coming, but like, as soon as my parents walked in, I think, like, the rest of the family was like, oh, shit, like, what, what's happening? And then they put two and two together. So, like, once we came down the hill, everyone was there waiting for us.

[Ben]

I could see your dad just walking in.

[Gavin]

As big as possible. Exactly. And like, her dad and brothers were popping champagne. It's. There's a photo of like both of her brothers spraying champagne. I'm like, we are going to be good family because I. I spray champagne every chance I get. Exactly. In the last podcast, we talked about me spraying champagne. And then, yeah, we just celebrated, like, with the whole family. And Greta was surprised. Like, my parents were there, Dalton was there snapping the whole thing.

[Ben]

Dude, you kind of got like a frickin knack for this. The hiding in the bushes for hours now somebody's got to do it. Like, we did this warm the winter. What's like the next one? You're underwater, dude.

[Gavin]

I don't know.

[Ryan]

I'm going to have to go to.

[Gavin]

SEAL training for a week.

[Ryan]

Like, all the girlfriends are Going to be expecting. I got to figure out I'm going to be in an airplane next.

[Gavin]

Yeah, right.

[Ryan]

He's got. Yeah, you have a. You have, like, night vision goggles and a parachute and all this stuff. You're like, dang. Were you in the Navy or something? No, I'm just a really good wedding.

[Ben]

Or you're underwater, and you're like, all right, I only have 20 minutes of air. Not, like, 25 minutes. Somebody starts walking out, and he's just like.

[Ken]

You still get his breath for 30 seconds? Yeah, for like.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

For another couple minutes.

[Dalton]

He's running the Amazon scuba tanks we got for Gavin.

[Gavin]

Yeah, dude, that was one thing.

[Ryan]

Ben, it's been. I've been in the woods for, like, you know, 25 minutes at this point. And he texts me. He goes, sorry to mic you, like, oh, gosh. Yeah, we're not even close. Yeah. I was like, is this gonna be two or three hours?

[Ken]

How long were you in the bushes for mics again?

[Gavin]

I think two hours, 90 degrees out.

[Ryan]

I think I pulled, like, eight ticks off of me. But for the record, he showed up hella early, which I can't say no to, but I'm like, I don't have to show up that early. And you're like, I don't want to fudge it up. This is true. Yeah, this is true.

[Gavin]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

I did do it to myself.

[Gavin]

It's the severity of it where it's, like, the biggest moment, like, to date of my life. Right. Where? I don't know.

[Ben]

That's crazy.

[Gavin]

I guess a lot of people put, like, less emphasis on the surprise factor of it, but, like, I don't know. I just wanted it to be, like, it's organic of a surprise. And, like. And it was. It truly was like, she had zero, zero clue that it was coming, which felt so good. Felt so good, like, you got it. That made me so happy. And, yeah, she was. And she still is. She's still, like, in shock, and I was even in shock, but it was, like, out of body. It was, like, truly, like, one of, like, that. I think it was the happiest moment of my life. And, like, in the moment, it just felt, like, so out of body. And then I watched the film photos back, and I was like, oh, no. I was. I truly was, like, I could not stop smiling. I was so happy and that. I was so happy that Dalton was there to, like, capture the moments, because in the moment, I was still just, like, blacked out. Like, what?

[Ben]

It was a blur.

[Gavin]

It was like. It Was, like, so much, like, weight. And then after it happens, it's kind of like a sigh of, like, relief. But it's hard to, like, you know, be present for a moment like that because of how much is happening and, like, how overwhelming it was. But then, like, just watching the videos and pictures back, it was truly just, like, the happiest moment of my life.

[Ben]

I could tell, too, when you called and you were smiling.

[Gavin]

Yeah. You know, like, you could stop smiling for, like, the next three days.

[Ben]

You still have.

[Gavin]

Happy. Yeah. Yeah.

[Ken]

That was exciting. We were. We were sitting at dinner. Ryan and I were actually with our girlfriends, eating dinner, and I knew that you were going to do this. I told Alex the night before, because I was like, all right, I think we're in the clear. I said, ben's going to propose Greta here, like, either tonight or tomorrow, so I'm sure we'll get a call. And then I saw the group FaceTime call, so we all hopped in. But, yeah, you were beaming.

[Ben]

Beaming, dude.

[Ken]

From cheek to cheek.

[Gavin]

Yeah, I was. I was so happy. I had mentioned that I didn't tell Ken for a reason. Right. So Ken is in Florida, hammered on a beach for, like, three days straight at that point. So. So Ken is. Is blacked out on a beach.

[Mike]

No, it was not blacked out.

[Ken]

Browned out.

[Gavin]

Browned out. And the dude messages me at, like, 5:30 and just goes, is it done? And I'm like, like, damn it. Ken does know.

[Mike]

And you weren't very secret.

[Ben]

You were, like, mildly secret.

[Gavin]

I figured if I just didn't tell you, though, you wouldn't feel like you had information to share.

[Mike]

Did I snap you that or.

[Gavin]

Yeah, yeah, you did. Yeah, you go. You go, is it done? And I was like, no, no. Doing it in an hour.

[Ben]

I really wanted to ask because I'd been thinking about it since the moment that you left. I'm like, oh, it's going to happen. I don't want to spill anything.

[Gavin]

I appreciate that.

[Ben]

I was nervous, too. I was just waiting for it to happen, but I didn't want to text you and be like, when's it happening? Like, what happened? Yeah, exactly.

[Gavin]

So I was like, no, it's happening in an hour, Ken. Well, I think over that next hour, you know, Ken, it was still on Ken's mind, apparently. Who's he call? Carly. Greta's little. Greta's little sister. Like, dude, I. I grabbed Greta to, like, go and do it, basically. And I think, like, three minutes later, Ken calls Carly.

[Ben]

Holy smokes.

[Gavin]

And Carly answers the FaceTime FaceTimes her. And Ken goes, did he do it before that?

[Ryan]

He texted me, too.

[Gavin]

And he goes, is it done?

[Ben]

Oh, my gosh, brother.

[Gavin]

And Carly's like, do what? And at that moment, like, my mom and dad walk in, and Cindy and Mark, Greta's parents, you know, it's all, like, happening. And Ken's on FaceTime.

[Mike]

That was fantastic timing.

[Gavin]

It could not. Like, if it was three minutes earlier, Greta and her sister would have been, like, getting ready together.

[Ben]

Yeah. And even if Greta didn't hear that, I don't think Carly could have kept no secret. Like, I think she would have worn. She would have been so excited. She would have worn it on her face.

[Gavin]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ryan]

I'd blame that on the outside.

[Mike]

I. I would blame that on the can.

[Ryan]

Ever spell spills big beans, it's always on the juice.

[Ken]

Ken, you were so happy, though. Like, you were calling everyone, everybody. And, like, when you were on the.

[Mike]

Juice, I had a few. Well, Ben, just to add one more thing to your story, you did also lose your car keys.

[Gavin]

Yeah, so when I was. When. When I was getting to Big sky, we flew out there, and I was so worried about getting this ring through tsa. I didn't put a single thing in my backpack except for the ring box, because I was like, I don't want anything to flag tsa, to, like, pull my bag aside.

[Ryan]

You were flying with Greta?

[Gavin]

Yeah, yeah, I was flying with Greta.

[Ryan]

That went over my head the first time you told me that.

[Gavin]

And so I was just like, you know, as soon as I get to the airport, it's like, all right, just get through tsa. Right. I'm just carrying my backpack with just a ring in it. Gets through tsa, didn't get pulled aside. Thank God.

[Ben]

That would have been a dick move on that guy. He might have pulled if that would.

[Gavin]

If that would have happened, I would have been like, pull me to the back room.

[Ben]

Yeah, you would have had to.

[Gavin]

Or yelled, yeah, like, he's got a knob.

[Dalton]

There's a gun in my backpack.

[Gavin]

Right. And so, like, in the midst of all of that, though, I lost my car keys. No, I lost Greta's car keys.

[Ryan]

You never even put them in the back?

[Gavin]

No idea. Yeah, no idea. I was like, so just hyper fixated on just getting through tsa. Like, got to the airport, locked her car, lost keys immediately afterwards.

[Ken]

Were you nervous leading up, like, for days in advance?

[Gavin]

Oh, yeah. Slept like shit, though. Like, really two weeks, I was going to say.

[Ryan]

That's some shit I would do as a TSA agent. I'd, like, take it out and be like, just so stupid. What is this? And you're like, put that back in the bag.

[Gavin]

Yeah, no, I was super nervous.

[Ryan]

Well, congrats, bro.

[Gavin]

It was. It was awesome.

[Ryan]

I mean, I. I honestly like, not knowing because then, like, when I did find out, it was a surprise. And I was really surprised.

[Gavin]

Good.

[Ben]

It was funny, the day that you showed me the ring, I, like, had something. You know me, I get worked up about shit that doesn't matter. But I had this thing that I, like, needed to talk to you about. Like a work thing, right? I walk in here, like, 9:30 in the morning, and I sit down in your office. I'm like, all right, let's hash out this plan. And you're looking at me like, you're just glowing. You're just glowing. And I'm like, what the up with this kid today? And I, like, tell you the whole thing. I'm all nervous about, like, we gotta get this figured out. You're like, no. Yep, we got it.

[Gavin]

And you.

[Ben]

We work through it together. And I go, cool. And I leave. And you come in a few minutes later. You're like, hey, bro, check it out. Or whatever. Oh, dude, I was so excited for you.

[Ken]

Yeah, I'm excited to see everyone's reaction to the ring. You, like, had filmed a few different ones.

[Ben]

Yeah. Who'd you show first?

[Gavin]

You eat?

[Ben]

I was just the nearest, I'm sure. But still excited to see it first.

[Gavin]

She likes the ring, thankfully.

[Ben]

That's good.

[Ken]

How could she not?

[Ben]

Yeah, exactly.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

No, I'm excited for you guys to, like, get to experience that.

[Ben]

Yeah, you really romanticized that. It, like, sounds really fun.

[Gavin]

Yeah. I don't know. It's just, like. I mean, it's a big decision to be made, which is obviously, you know, why we've been dating for nine years. It's not that I, like, didn't know. It's like, I've always known, right? It's just, like, a big decision, and I think a lot of people may maybe just, like, rush into it or treat it as, like, that it isn't. And I think it is. I think it, like, deserves that weight. So I think you guys will get that same experience. And, Mike, you've had it, too, but it's just like, if everything goes right, it's like, the happiest moment of your life. After I did that, I was like, I can't wait for you guys to experience the same.

[Ben]

I'm sure our girlfriends can't wait to experience it too.

[Gavin]

Dude, not to put the pressure on you.

[Ben]

No.

[Gavin]

Like, there's truly few things more annoying than other people trying to, like, dictate your relationship or, like, make that decision for you. So don't feel like, like the pressure's on, but, like, I don't know, you guys. I'm just excited for you.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Ken]

Thanks, brother.

[Ben]

Thanks, brother. We're so happy for you. We were sitting at dinner. It was like, oh, we were just all stoked.

[Gavin]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Alex started crying. It's funny she even knew when she started crying.

[Ryan]

Really?

[Ken]

Yeah, she was, like, just happy.

[Ben]

Well, it's because, like, you guys have been drier, though, the whole time. Like, I mean, I remember the night that I first met Greta at the freaking Jake's garage, 11 years ago. You know, like, it's been my entire life. I feel like you guys have been dating, and I'm older than you, so, like, I feel like that says a lot. So it's a big, big, cool moment.

[Gavin]

That was the thing, too. Like, it was so long time coming.

[Ken]

How soon do you think till you guys have the wedding?

[Gavin]

Dude, like, that.

[Ken]

Not even, like, the minute after it.

[Gavin]

Happened, Greta gets the next question, and her mom and her and my team, they're already talking. All right, where are we doing this wedding? Who's in it? What? What? Like, what's the appetizers?

[Ben]

Oh, man.

[Gavin]

I'm like, already?

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

But, yeah.

[Ryan]

Are you thinking, like, next summer or.

[Gavin]

Yeah, probably.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that makes the most sense.

[Gavin]

Yeah, I told her, too. I was just like, look, you know, I have to make a lot of decisions on the daily. Of just, like, you know, everything that we're doing here. So I was like, I will try and help you as best I can. But I did. I did what I did. And now. Now, you know, whatever you want for the wedding, these are your choices, and I support you.

[Ben]

It's perfect. That's like telling a guy when he drives on the car dealership. I don't care what car you get, baby. Get whatever you want. It's like, the perfect answer to the thing.

[Ryan]

I'm in that boat right now, though. You're not contributing enough to the wedding.

[Ben]

Oh, fuck.

[Gavin]

Oh, did you set that? And I'm like, did you set those that, like, president? No.

[Ryan]

I guess I should have, but I'm like, the checkbook's got to be worth something.

[Gavin]

Yeah, money. Money might be worth.

[Ryan]

But I'm just like. Because there's some things, like, if I were to really sit down and put a bunch of time into, I think she'd Be like, yeah, let's do that. But if I just put like a normal amount of time into planning it. And then she's like, I don't love those. Here's what I was thinking. And I'm like, we should have just gone that route from the start.

[Ben]

Yeah, we should have done that at the beginning.

[Ryan]

But yeah, that's good that you prefaced it because I mean, that to me is like the fun part. Like, the wedding is for both people. But the whole like, the vibe of the wedding is usually up to the woman. And it's fun to like, be in a position to let them do that. You know, kind of have their way with it.

[Gavin]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Whatever color scheme, flowers, outside, inside, destinational.

[Gavin]

Yeah, I think she'll do a great job planning it. I just told her. I was like, look, I just want to have like a little bit of say on like, some key details that like, make it like my wedding too.

[Ryan]

Right?

[Gavin]

Yeah. Of like, I don't know, just like different things. That's like some a Seaboy would do at their wedding.

[Ben]

Pranks during the wedding.

[Ken]

Yeah, exactly.

[Gavin]

One guest has to have an airbag underneath their.

[Ken]

And it happens to be the one guy who almost spoiled the. The proposal.

[Mike]

Didn't. Didn't get spoiled though.

[Gavin]

Tried pretty hard.

[Mike]

It was perfect timing.

[Gavin]

Dude. If Ken would have that up, like, the only thing you can do is laugh. Yeah.

[Ken]

Been hilarious.

[Gavin]

Like, it would have been like. That sounds about right.

[Ryan]

Oh, my God.

[Mike]

It wasn't.

[Ken]

He managed to be all the way across the country and he still got his big mouth on it.

[Mike]

I. I was very excited for him. I was like, oh, he's doing it tonight. It's going to be cool.

[Ben]

What a nice twist.

[Ryan]

You know the time zones you were in two time. I think it was like time zones over.

[Mike]

It was like 10 or 11. It was pretty late when I was there.

[Gavin]

I think it was 8:30, Ken.

[Mike]

Sun was well set when I was there.

[Ben]

It was 8:40 at home. So it have been 9:46 in Florida.

[Gavin]

All right.

[Ryan]

What are you doing?

[Gavin]

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[Ken]

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[Gavin]

Well, Ken, I tell you what would speed it up for you. If you bought that car.

[Mike]

Yeah, so last week a that con, that continental popped up. And then I also was talked into considering a pontoon.

[Ken]

From who? You motors.

[Mike]

Jill was a. A factor.

[Gavin]

You have a pon, you have a ponies, you do not have a linking container.

[Ken]

What more could you want?

[Mike]

But a. A pontoon that friends can come with. So it's not just me alone.

[Ken]

Yeah, but you got space for mon.

[Dalton]

Your friends are telling you to buy a pontoon to drive them around in. Well, I'm to buy their own pon.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

That's ridiculous.

[Ryan]

Super Real note, that car is insane. And you could get. I know it still costs a good chunk of change, but you could get a $30,000 pontoon and be chilling.

[Mike]

Also true.

[Gavin]

On a real note, you need that Lincoln Continental.

[Ben]

You do.

[Dalton]

You need the car.

[Ben]

And also, I really don't want to say this, but I'm going to say it. Judging by that picture, might be the ugliest pontoon I've ever seen.

[Mike]

It's a very nice pontoon.

[Ken]

You don't like it?

[Gavin]

Have you seen it?

[Ken]

I thought it was nice.

[Ryan]

I thought it was unique.

[Ben]

Isn't it like fake wood?

[Mike]

No, it's genuine teak.

[Gavin]

Pop it up.

[Ben]

Oh, it's real wood.

[Mike]

It's real wood.

[Gavin]

Oh, it's real wood. Let me see this.

[Ryan]

Okay.

[Ben]

Yeah, pull. Pull her up on the thing that.

[Ryan]

Yo, is that a super air? No, genuine Genuine teak.

[Ben]

I thought it was fake wood on like a normal pontoon panel.

[Mike]

No, no, they send it off to like this, this old school. Like what's a school?

[Gavin]

Kind of company.

[Mike]

They don't make, they don't make them anymore.

[Ben]

That makes. Oh, it's a collectible just like the Continental.

[Ken]

What year is it?

[Mike]

It's like a 15.

[Gavin]

It's again, there's so many pontoons out in the world you could buy. But there's only one Lincoln Continental that.

[Ben]

We'Ve already filmed the intro.

[Gavin]

Yeah, we've already filmed the intro that's bagged out that we had to push back into the shop.

[Ken]

That thing. Very few test drives. Do you actually get to push the car back and then make an offer?

[Dalton]

Maybe we should settle this with a coin toss.

[Gavin]

No, don't leave it up. I don't.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Ryan]

No, it's, I don't know.

[Ben]

Like look at the front of it. Doesn't it look like a fake sticker on some plastic?

[Gavin]

What can you going to plan on fogging wakeboarding behind this thing? What's up with the.

[Ken]

Yeah, what's up with the tower?

[Ryan]

Dude, Based on the price of it, I figured it had.

[Ken]

How much is that thing?

[Mike]

Jill wants 75 for it.

[Ken]

I'd hate to pull a sale away from you motors, but yeah, exactly.

[Ben]

Someone else go buy this thing. So Ken can.

[Gavin]

I don't know Ken.

[Mike]

I, I did put up a Snapchat. I did put up a Snapchat poll and I got to go through and like count them out. Cuz I, I, I put it up as like boat or boat. And then people responded.

[Dalton]

You want to borrow my.

[Ben]

I bet you 90% of them just say boat.

[Mike]

They do.

[Ryan]

Trying to figure out how to collage 2.

[Ken]

Ken was drunk when he made that.

[Mike]

Poll, thinking I was actually. And then I, I, I figured out how I could have done it different, which would have been easier.

[Gavin]

Maybe, maybe do a new poll. Do a new poll. Post that poll.

[Mike]

Okay. There, there are a lot of people saying car.

[Gavin]

Okay.

[Ken]

The only thing is I am worried that car.

[Dalton]

Don't say anything negative.

[Mike]

I don't know if it's going to be the most reliable.

[Ryan]

Stay on the Continental.

[Ken]

I'm worried it's overvalued. But I also think, I mean we could put a motor in that. It could put a hellcat in that thing. Some new axles and some brakes and you're gonna have a hellcat swap. Lincoln Continental that can do burnouts.

[Gavin]

Holy.

[Ken]

Well, you got the top down and that is insane.

[Mike]

I'd say that car is right on the money for the condition that it's in.

[Ryan]

Really? Okay.

[Ken]

It's.

[Mike]

It's right in the. It's in the right ballpark.

[Ken]

Maybe I'm speaking for too soon for the rest of the guys, but if you buy that Lincoln Continental and if you have motor problems, which I'm assuming you. Well, because we had to push it back on the test drive, we're gonna get it fixed up. You know, you'll drive it for a while, pick up a bunch of chicks. It's got six seats in it. That's five extra girls you can have with you. We will pay for the Hellcat swap.

[Gavin]

Okay, hold on, hold on.

[Mike]

All right, let me. Let me call the guy.

[Ken]

I'll buy the motor.

[Ryan]

We'll fix it up. I. Then my brain just went to Coleman in my.

[Gavin]

I don't necessarily want to say Hellcat, but I will backse. CJ up and say we will put a motor into.

[Mike]

CJ Said Hellcat.

[Ken]

I think Hellcat's worth it.

[Gavin]

And we will be square.

[Ryan]

We should just.

[Gavin]

We will be square.

[Ken]

It would be insane.

[Dalton]

Fine. It's gonna be that convertible top. It's gonna be all the others.

[Gavin]

All that stuff.

[Mike]

I'll buy that car that. The top will never be up.

[Gavin]

All right. Call the guy right now.

[Ryan]

I guess I was just gonna say maybe not lock it in on a Hellcat, just in case there's other options there.

[Gavin]

Yeah. We could maybe look into electric battery swapping it.

[Ryan]

Well, yeah.

[Gavin]

Ken, I don't know. You can't. Well, I was going to say, you can't pull up to Zorbas in a boat. You already got a boat, bro.

[Dalton]

You can't walk across the road.

[Gavin]

Convertible.

[Dalton]

You can park right next to the door.

[Mike]

True. Okay, well, we'll do. We'll do the car. I'll text JoJo.

[Ben]

Hey.

[Ken]

That's all it's like.

[Ben]

And that's why you keep good friends around you that make you buy the right thing.

[Ken]

Seriously, imagine that thing, you cruising in it. But now imagine it next summer with a Hellcat motor in it doing rolling burnouts. Like, that thing would look insane at. Like a takeover, just drifting. Ken's in that thing. It doesn't even have seat belts.

[Gavin]

Like, as you say, takeover.

[Dalton]

I just envision him in the crowd with a car the size of a pontoon.

[Ken]

So square and flat and low to the ground. It'd be amazing.

[Ben]

Imagine he turns to do a drift, but, like, the passenger side way, and he slides across this because there's no freaking Bolster. It's just a bench.

[Gavin]

Last time I. I watched Ken try and drift, he almost drifted his cyber truck into my Lamborghini.

[Mike]

Yeah, I was a foot away and I freaked out after that and I walked away.

[Ryan]

Don't forget to freak out.

[Ben]

That's the last time you went drifting.

[Mike]

When we get the drift track done. Dude, I drifted it. Barely did it. And then Jake did it way better.

[Gavin]

I'm so fired up right now. Picture this everywhere we go and Ken pulling up in that Lincoln Continental and bagging it out.

[Ken]

Bro, people are going to go nuts. When I showed my dad and both my grandpas a picture of it, they're like, holy, that thing's nice. Like, they're like, that's awesome.

[Ben]

It's a collector. It's going to go up in value, especially if you put a new motor in it. Dude, if you put a hellcat motor in it, it's probably $140,000 car.

[Dalton]

Yeah, you're gonna need like a cane and a properly monocle, like a little Mr. Peanut outfit or something to drive that thing around.

[Gavin]

Ken, I. I don't think that there's a cooler car on the market that you could buy.

[Mike]

I know there isn't right now.

[Ken]

I think that one is so Hellcat motor and it's gonna be viral.

[Dalton]

Technically, the motor that's in it is bigger.

[Ryan]

A bigger cubic engine.

[Mike]

I think it was like an 8 liter or something.

[Dalton]

72 or 82 or something. Yeah, it's.

[Ken]

How old is that car?

[Mike]

1963. So 53 years old.

[Gavin]

Damn, Ken, that car is going to be older than the moms riding in it.

[Ken]

Ken, did you have any moms hanging with you in Florida?

[Mike]

Yeah, there was a few moms down there.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

How'd it go?

[Mike]

I didn't realize Easter was such a big travel weekend. So all the resorts and I was in Clearwater, all the resorts were just littered with children. And it was, it was like shoulder to shoulder kids in this pool just splashing all over the place. And I was like, so we had to.

[Gavin]

Nothing kills Ken's buzz like some kids.

[Ben]

Splashing, yelling, mom, mom. As he's trying to get out here.

[Ken]

I'm trying to talk to him.

[Mike]

We had to sneak into an adults only resort to just.

[Gavin]

Why did you have to sneak.

[Mike]

Just because we didn't, we didn't stay at that hotel. So, you know, you got to have the key card to get in. But we just kind of snuck in as other people are going in.

[Ben]

Which one did you go to?

[Mike]

It's called the Opal, that.

[Ben]

The one with the pool where it looks overlooks. Yeah, I snuck into that one, too.

[Mike]

So cool.

[Ben]

Pretty easy to sneak into.

[Mike]

Well, you just, like, literally reach over, push the crash bar, and walk in. Super nice.

[Ryan]

Super an issue, huh?

[Mike]

They were so bad.

[Gavin]

Did you bark at them?

[Mike]

No, but we're like, where is your. This one kid? Like, where's your mother? We're in this. We're in this, like, circle in the corner of the pool, and these two kids, like, swim in between us and just start splashing each other. We're like, where are your parents?

[Dalton]

These damn kids having fun. Don't they have a TV or an iPad or something they should be sitting on?

[Mike]

Exactly.

[Ryan]

Gosh. I was in church the other day, but it was on a Saturday there. We, like, got a new building, so there's all these kids there because they weren't running children's church or Sunday school or whatever. There's kids everywhere. But I wasn't picking up on that. So I'm, like, trying to hear what the pastor's saying. And I was like, what is going on in here? I can't hear anything. And I'm like, there's kids everywhere. I'm like, they're all on their iPads. I'm like, what is going on? And then Sydney's like, yeah, isn't it kind of annoying when there's no children's church? I'm like, oh, that's what it is. They're normally not here.

[Ben]

I remember Ken could be on his phone in church. I thought I was just the most badass thing.

[Ken]

Wait, what do you mean, Ken could be on his phone?

[Mike]

I don't remember that.

[Ryan]

But you just, like, your parents didn't get after you about it.

[Ken]

Yeah, Like, I was just scrolling on his phone the whole service.

[Ben]

Well, you probably, to be fair, had, like, a freaking Motorola razor, you know, like, playing Snake. Yeah.

[Mike]

Clicking around.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

That is so cool. Yeah.

[Ben]

I was like, damn.

[Gavin]

Ken doesn't look up from his. Oh, no. He walks in, scrolling, sits down.

[Ryan]

Wait, wait, you're playing on it. They get done praying.

[Gavin]

Amen.

[Ryan]

Still playing.

[Ken]

What could you possibly be doing on your phone at that age, Ken? That is important.

[Mike]

Probably just playing whatever game they had on there.

[Ben]

Yeah, it probably was just clicking around. There probably was no games, no nothing. Back when you used to open up the Internet and go.

[Gavin]

What do you mean, open up the Internet?

[Ben]

Like, on phones before iPhones, if you opened up the Internet and, like, it loaded. It costed $10. Yeah, Ken, look up some old rates of Data. It used to be, like, 10 bucks for a megabyte. For a megabyte, you'd get, like, two.

[Ken]

Megabytes for free a month. That's how I remember it. And then, like, you could easily burn through that, but the phone was so slow.

[Ben]

What just happened?

[Mike]

Dude sent him a wire on Friday.

[Ben]

No, I lost the car.

[Ryan]

You lost the car and you lose.

[Ken]

What the.

[Dalton]

Well, I guess I'll take that Hellcat motor.

[Gavin]

Well, that sucks, Ken.

[Ryan]

Okay, we told you to just write.

[Gavin]

The check when we were there.

[Mike]

Yeah, but it was like it died. And I was like, okay, I'll give him. I'll give him, like, a couple days, and then I'll message him back, because they were gonna, like, look at the motor and, like, have a shop. Was gonna look at it.

[Dalton]

Told you there was another guy that.

[Mike]

Yeah, I know, but he was. Yeah, I know.

[Ken]

That sucks, man.

[Ryan]

It does suck.

[Mike]

All right, I guess I have to get the boat now.

[Ryan]

You start thinking.

[Ben]

No, no, no, no, no. We'll find another one.

[Gavin]

Yeah, we'll find another one.

[Ken]

What if we bought you, like, another little pontoon to pull behind your pontoon so you could bring more people with you?

[Mike]

Like, an even smaller pontoon?

[Ken]

Well, it's like a trailer, but it's.

[Ryan]

Like the mini pond, maybe.

[Dalton]

It's actually a really big pontoon.

[Ken]

Yeah, but you stay in the captain.

[Dalton]

Little truck pulls around a big plane.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it's just this. We had just every platform.

[Ken]

Everyone's on the back just having a ton of fun, and Ken's just sitting there, like, driving. Towboating sucks, man. Do we get to use the footage still? Like, I don't know. Is that even work?

[Gavin]

What's the point?

[Ryan]

Oh, yeah, what's the point?

[Ben]

Honestly? Let's just quit. Shutter the YouTube channel right now, dude.

[Gavin]

Ken, I think we got to find you another one.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Trailer.

[Ken]

Yeah. You've only been looking for five years.

[Ryan]

It was cool that it was local, but, like, with a car like that of that caliber, I think it'd be worth getting it anywhere in the country.

[Ben]

Wait a minute.

[Ryan]

Mexico?

[Ben]

Just message the guy who just wrote a check and then write him a check for a bigger amount.

[Gavin]

Yeah. It might cost you a little bit of money.

[Dalton]

That's an idea.

[Gavin]

Yeah. Figure out who bought it.

[Dalton]

Money. Make this. Blow some cash.

[Gavin]

Say, hey, you looking to make some money on this?

[Ben]

Give him 10 grand over. And just remember, next time that we tell you to buy something and not wait, he also.

[Mike]

He also text me that had a. There was an issue with the air ride.

[Ken]

That air ride system was jankity. Yeah, like that wasn't the air ride.

[Ryan]

I figured that'd be like the one dialed thing.

[Ken]

No, air ride is like the most finicky thing.

[Ryan]

Well, I agree with that. I just figured it was like a new, new system.

[Ken]

You would have thought that system was new like 10 years ago, man.

[Ryan]

Not the car for you. Wasn't meant to be.

[Gavin]

Well, it's a good lesson learned.

[Mike]

Clearly. I just got a money mic and just send them wire on the spot.

[Ryan]

Questions asked, Minimal questions asked.

[Ben]

Yeah, see, you don't want to piss.

[Ken]

Them off by asking any questions about this expensive thing you're gonna buy.

[Ryan]

I just ask him. Like it when you had it. Yeah.

[Ken]

This guy's just annoying me.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I liked it. Sick. I'll take it.

[Mike]

Ryan, to bring back to your question, in 2000, Verizon charged $24 for 2 gigabytes.

[Ben]

Wow.

[Ken]

To run the Internet probably was less.

[Ryan]

Oh, for sure.

[Ken]

Like, I remember gigabyte usage. So it's probably quite a bit back then.

[Ben]

So I got to run you guys through a scenario here. Maybe ask like, what you're going to do, because I've been put in this scenario a few times. You know, like when you're out late drinking, you're at a bar and somebody pees on the toilet, like, you kind of just go like, all right, there's now pee on the toilet. You don't clean it up even if you pee on it a little more. A little splash.

[Ryan]

I'm weird because if I got to take a shit, I'm definitely cleaning it up.

[Ken]

Well, that's not that weird. You would sit on it otherwise.

[Ryan]

Yeah, true. You said hover.

[Dalton]

You flip the top seat up. Sitting there even an option, and then you just hover. And it's surprising how efficiently you can crap if you're not.

[Ryan]

They do it, I think, over in Asia.

[Gavin]

Like, they just hover.

[Ryan]

Yeah, they just hover.

[Ben]

Heaven removed all kind of like a squat, just hovering. So like, obviously in that scenario you can get away with like, nobody knows it's you.

[Dalton]

What I just thought of Ken having to hover. That's all.

[Gavin]

Just that.

[Ben]

Sorry, it'd be be like a freaking.

[Ken]

Like doing a plank.

[Dalton]

That is a workout.

[Gavin]

An eight minute squat.

[Ben]

Ken's in there for hours still 90.

[Gavin]

Ken installs like a little grab bar. Before he goes in, he puts on like those hand wraps your grip.

[Mike]

So where were you going with that, Ryan?

[Ken]

Yeah, Ken's like, come on now, let's keep this moving.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah, we need to Install one at the Merch Barn, too.

[Ken]

For you, it's just a harness system.

[Ben]

Like one of those sex rings.

[Ken]

He gets the harness stuff. Like, he's going ziplining.

[Ben]

With foot straddles.

[Ryan]

Holy.

[Gavin]

That would be something.

[Ryan]

That'd be possible.

[Mike]

Where. Where are we going with this, Ryan?

[Ken]

You walk in. You walk in to, like, prank him. He's, like, all tangled up.

[Gavin]

He can't get away. Oh, it's on a winch system.

[Ben]

I can't breathe.

[Gavin]

He gets it. He gets it up all the way. The winch battery dies. He's stuck.

[Ken]

He calls Darius in. Merchandise man, warehouse manager. He comes in, gets him down.

[Ryan]

There's a manual right.

[Ben]

Released.

[Ryan]

You want me to pull it? I think it'll drop you all the way, though.

[Gavin]

Let's keep moving.

[Ken]

Let's keep moving.

[Gavin]

Let's.

[Mike]

Let's keep this train going. Ryan, where were you going with that?

[Dalton]

No, I'm not wiping the next guy's pee off the seat.

[Ben]

So the problem is, obviously in the.

[Ryan]

Bar, you're not good unless you.

[Ben]

Then you need the winch setup.

[Gavin]

Where are you going?

[Ben]

So anyway, I was at. At a. At a home, and there's, like, three, four girls there, and there's two or three guys, and there's only one bathroom.

[Ryan]

Decent ratio.

[Ben]

Yeah, not bad. And so you walk into the bathroom, and there's, like, quite a bit of pee on the toilet seat. And it's. There's one bathroom in the house.

[Dalton]

Is it a strong flushing toilet? Because sometimes water, if you don't shut.

[Ben]

The lid will come back up.

[Ken]

Maybe Evan tries to use this defense after he pisses all over the toilet seat and someone calls him out. Oh, no, I just flushed it, and it flushes strong.

[Ben]

This looked like a normal flushing toilet.

[Ryan]

So you didn't want to walk out of that bathroom and have everyone.

[Ben]

Exactly. So I go to the bathroom. Don't pee all over the toilet seat. But then I'm looking at this pee on the seat. I go. I leave. And then one of these girls comes in. They go, what the. Ryan just peed all over the toilet seat and left it. I just, like, loaded up with some toilet paper and cleaned it up.

[Ryan]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Ken]

I was like, damn, I would have done that.

[Ryan]

I would have done that.

[Ben]

It's kind of a weird situation to be in.

[Mike]

So who was in there before you?

[Gavin]

Enough.

[Ken]

Toilet paper is not that bad.

[Ben]

No, I mean, it wasn't. That's what I did. I just had.

[Gavin]

Who the hell isn't lifting the. The seat when they're going to the Bathroom.

[Ben]

I'm not a seat lifter.

[Ken]

Who the hell is standing up when they pee?

[Gavin]

You don't lift the seat.

[Ben]

No, wait, you don't lift the seat?

[Dalton]

Well, I hang past.

[Ryan]

Sometimes I don't lift the shirt.

[Dalton]

And then if you.

[Ken]

That seems weird. That just seems like you're for sure gonna get some on there, like.

[Ryan]

Yeah, then you just have to clean it up. I mean, you don't lift the seat either sometimes.

[Ben]

Holy shit, guys, I'd never lift the seat.

[Ryan]

I mean, hell, dude, if I'm like half asleep at night, I sit down to pee. Pee.

[Ken]

Well, yeah, that's normal.

[Ryan]

I always end up with piss on the floor.

[Ken]

Especially if you kind of are like, you know, you got a little bit of like.

[Gavin]

Oh, it's not sometimes. It's always after about 15 years, either.

[Ryan]

Sitting to pee or peeing on the floor.

[Ken]

Also, if you got kind of like a stiffy, it's like you can't really stand, so. Or it's even like partially so. Then you're kind of like. You gotta.

[Ben]

So it's better to sit.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Dalton]

Because then you just lean forward pressed up against the porcelain and that's terrible. No, even on your own toilet, you don't want that.

[Ben]

I don't know. You sit back far enough to get crazy.

[Gavin]

I think that's a crazy fact, Ryan.

[Ben]

Really?

[Gavin]

Not. Not lifting up the seat just seems like more work.

[Ben]

Then you never forget it up.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that's true.

[Gavin]

If you're above 8 years old, you should.

[Ryan]

Some people really get after you.

[Gavin]

I think.

[Ken]

I think I would say lazy are you, bro?

[Dalton]

Nine out of ten times, I think I can pee through without a single drop. I said I'm closer to the seat than the rest of you guys. I'm. I'm right there. Maybe if I was 7ft tall, there'd be more room to make a mess.

[Ken]

When Ken's peeing, it's like a cannonball dude, hitting the toilet.

[Mike]

That's why you just lift it. It takes half a second to lift it and then it's fine.

[Gavin]

Don't be lazy.

[Dalton]

Like your dick or the seat?

[Mike]

I mean, the seat, but. Yeah, your dick too.

[Gavin]

Don't be talking about Ken's dick on the podcast.

[Ryan]

Dude, didn't we, like, title a whole podcast around Evans?

[Gavin]

Evans, Matt.

[Ken]

Turns out it turns out it was Photoshopped.

[Gavin]

Wide angled.

[Ben]

Yeah, that was the secret part of it.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Dalton]

There's anyone here that doesn't know how to use Photoshop, it's me.

[Gavin]

So did you ever. You ever get a computer?

[Dalton]

No.

[Ryan]

Was he talking about getting.

[Gavin]

He was talking about it for a while. He said.

[Dalton]

I thought, yeah.

[Gavin]

And then I think we all said, why?

[Ben]

What would you use a computer for?

[Dalton]

Apparently, Photoshop my wiener, I guess. I don't know.

[Ben]

Shopping for parts and stuff.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dalton]

I don't know. I could see myself getting maybe, like, the IP set up. Like, Mike got her spenny with you got a little keyboard, and I don't even know how to type. Like, I'm.

[Ken]

Can you type like this or no, you do this.

[Dalton]

I mean, I did. I think he was going maybe sixth. Sixth grade, middle school. We had to take a typing class. I made it through that, but I've never had to use it since that class. Like, I remember being, like, a senior in high school and like, yeah, still pecking the key, really. But I think you get a little efficient. Like, I would say maybe I'm like, a hybrid.

[Ken]

You were kind of like, yeah, two.

[Dalton]

Hand and then maybe a couple fingers, but definitely not. Not looking at all.

[Ben]

Not, like, parked on. I mean, ASWF or whatever where you're, like, locked in right here.

[Ryan]

I'm like, just keyboard. You're not.

[Dalton]

It's like, right now. Could any of you guys write, like, a full paragraph incursive properly?

[Ken]

No.

[Ben]

I can't even write my name in cursive. Goddamn.

[Dalton]

Just because you don't use it.

[Ryan]

I don't know. But yeah.

[Gavin]

Ryan never learned cursive. And his signature shows.

[Dalton]

I mean, everyone knows their signature.

[Ben]

Not really.

[Gavin]

No. Ryan. Ryan. I tried.

[Ben]

I practice it, and I just black out and forget it.

[Dalton]

Do you say, I want to see your signature?

[Ben]

No, I mean, it's on thousands of.

[Ken]

Garments, I think different every time.

[Dalton]

It looks close enough.

[Ben]

The Ryan is pretty good.

[Ken]

They're gonna bring ryan's, like, in 20 years, they're gonna, like, show up on Pawn Stars. Like, yeah, I have this Sea Boys hat signed by the. The Sea Boys. And they're gonna be looking at. And be like, well, the Ryan I work signature is really hard to tell because every single one is different. It looks like in this era, he was attempting at cursive.

[Mike]

But this is Orion from, like, the.

[Ben]

Ryan isn't bad, but I don't know how to do.

[Gavin]

We R. Let me see the Ryan. Let me see the Ryan.

[Dalton]

Nothing there resembles an art. I think most of it R looks good.

[Ben]

Oh, down here.

[Dalton]

Yeah.

[Ben]

But my R up here's pretty nice.

[Ken]

You can just kind of just not crisp. Do you want to do the same thing every time you're good.

[Gavin]

It doesn't really Matter. It doesn't really neat. Like, as long as it's.

[Ben]

No. I did this thing where they wrote it for me and like, where they'll like, someone will design you a signature. It's like online they design you a signature, but it was way too intricate. Like, I can't sign it on a hat.

[Dalton]

Then you'd like get that. Then you'd trace it a lot of times.

[Ben]

Yeah, like full blown elementary school style.

[Ryan]

Well, I didn't even switch. I just did it for like the meet and greet, AKA like heydays. But I just signed Mike and it's so much better.

[Gavin]

Hey, Mike.

[Ryan]

So much faster money Mike.

[Gavin]

Are you switching from Mike go to Mike? No. You're pretty heavy on the mic. I never call you Mike anymore.

[Ryan]

I've literally never ever asked anyone in my entire life to call me Mike. Even. I've never really been like, Micah or Mike. You can call me either. I've only ever introduced myself as Micah. So, like, I'm just gonna keep rolling that whoever they want can call me Mike, which is pretty much everyone. But that's not my name.

[Gavin]

You don't like it when people call you Mike?

[Ryan]

I do like it, but I'm. I'm not publicly, like, I like being called Mike, so call me that. I just like it.

[Gavin]

Clip it.

[Ryan]

Okay, Tell us something we don't know.

[Ben]

Well, that's part of having a nickname is you have to not like it or.

[Ryan]

Yeah, part of it. It's like, yeah, you didn't choose.

[Ben]

Yeah, you didn't choose it. It's just birthed upon you.

[Mike]

It's like you don't like it for many years and then eventually just sticks. When they stop calling you the nickname, it's like, oh, that's weird.

[Ben]

Before you know it.

[Ryan]

Yeah, if you push back on it, it doesn't help.

[Mike]

The more you push back, the more it's going to stick.

[Ben]

Ken, what do we got to do for you to change your legal name to Ken?

[Mike]

That sounds like a disaster.

[Ben]

I don't think it's that disastrous.

[Ryan]

It's probably easier than setting up like an llc.

[Ben]

And it's probably easier to do now before you continue to acquire more things like a Lincoln. Like, then you'd have to titles before you get.

[Ken]

You might as well just surprise Ken by changing his name legally for him.

[Ryan]

That would be awesome if we could do that.

[Mike]

No, no, I'm not gonna legally do that. There's enough stuff out there already that I'd have to switch and. Yeah, it just doesn't sound fun.

[Ken]

What if we change your middle name.

[Gavin]

Same same.

[Mike]

Exact same thing.

[Gavin]

What are you thinking?

[Ken]

I was thinking, like, in the middle, Ken Matthews. Then if you're in that Lincoln Continental, you know, the jfk, then you got kfm.

[Mike]

Kfm?

[Gavin]

Ken's other friends are trying to change his name now, actually from Ken.

[Ben]

What are they trying.

[Gavin]

They're trying to hijack Ken's. Ken's nickname to what? Greg. Greg.

[Mike]

I don't know where that came from.

[Gavin]

They just are like, well, like, what the hell is going on? My new nickname wasn't good enough, so now I have a new one.

[Ben]

Why Greg?

[Ryan]

I think they're just kind of curving you back towards.

[Ken]

Picked it up, too, and just started calling him Gray everywhere. It's like, got some Greg.

[Gavin]

Now.

[Ryan]

What the hell are we going to do with all this no can do merch?

[Gavin]

No. Greg.

[Ben]

Oh, here comes Greg in his Continental.

[Ken]

Greg.

[Gavin]

Honestly, I kind of. I kind of like. I kind of like Greg.

[Ken]

Hey, Greg. What was his name before? Greg.

[Gavin]

How good is it going to feel when Ken introduces himself in front of. In front of us is Greg?

[Mike]

Eventually, I'm just gonna have enough, enough, Enough nicknames where I can say any word. And it's just next time we're at.

[Ken]

Some kind of thing where we gotta speak in front of a bunch of people when Ken goes like, yeah, my name's Ken, we should all stop. Like, his name's Grant.

[Gavin]

Yeah, I don't know what. What.

[Ken]

Why you say your name's Ken, dude, and then just totally switch on him.

[Gavin]

I personally, I think Greg is great.

[Ben]

It's nice. It's symmetrical. Mike, how old Greg looking? Design is pretty good.

[Ryan]

I think we could do good on this. It doesn't flow like, no can do. But that's just a call for a whole new slogan.

[Gavin]

Yeah, yeah. Like, Greg will do it. Greg will do it.

[Ken]

And then we'll have, like, a picture of him with, like, a muscle, like, like, you know, Popeye Free.

[Ben]

High five. If you call Ken Greg when you.

[Gavin]

See him, Ken is like, I sit behind this desk for a reason. You guys need to focus on yourselves.

[Ken]

So why are they calling you Greg?

[Mike]

I was very drunk, and I don't.

[Ken]

Remember why started calling you Greg.

[Mike]

I think I was. I was carrying around a wine glass at that point, just walking around the hotel.

[Ben]

So, Greg.

[Gavin]

Everyone listening right now is like, okay, getting up, Greg. He's getting up. He's walking out.

[Ken]

Ken would never wear those pants, but Greg would.

[Dalton]

I think he's trying to get a head start on us and make sure his Toilets don't disappear.

[Ben]

Now that was a Ken thing to do, Greg. I saw something of a. Of a quad guy saving the day. Ev, you might kind of like this on a street ride too, actually. Which is the most miraculous one of.

[Ryan]

Him running into the quad guys do save the day on bike rides.

[Gavin]

Oh yeah.

[Dalton]

Quad guides actually are very valuable bike life assets.

[Gavin]

It.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dalton]

Not the factory. They said Yamaha.

[Mike]

Just cuz they're the first one to get pulled over.

[Dalton]

Yeah. Clean getaway.

[Gavin]

What? Oh my God.

[Ken]

We have that same yfc.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

Oh, and then they start wheelieing.

[Ben]

Dude, how crazy is that though? Bud loops the bike and then the cop, no lights, no nothing, runs into him.

[Ryan]

I've seen like where the quad guys really do come through.

[Ben]

Dude, that guy sacrificed himself. He was only like 6ft away and he's riding in a bike lane. I feel like I gotta get back.

[Dalton]

I was just gonna say, can you just surprise us one day and show up with a. With a brand new quad?

[Ben]

I was kind of always hoping that like I would get a surprise, you know, I mean like Ken gets so mad, like, whatever, you know, I was like hoping maybe one day you'd. I'd get to come in, everybody smiling and they'd, you know, everybody kind of look at you. Okay, put the blindfold on. You go, oh, what. What's going to happen? Then you walk in, you just expect.

[Ken]

Everything to be handed to you.

[Gavin]

You need.

[Dalton]

You need to buy the brand new quad so we can put a Coleman in it for you.

[Ryan]

Oh my God.

[Dalton]

That's how the surprise.

[Ryan]

Pretty much every time I see a fresh Raptor, I'm like, I just think.

[Gavin]

That thought, Mike, you should buy it for Ryan for his best man.

[Ryan]

That's what I'm going to like. I think I want to surprise everyone.

[Gavin]

With new dirt bikes. That's in your way.

[Ryan]

I think I'm gonna surprise Big, not big wrench Gavin with a torque converter.

[Dalton]

I actually support that. It is brutal.

[Ryan]

I'm down.

[Dalton]

Our mechanic has the worst running pickup in the fleet.

[Ryan]

His torque converter, like, to be honest, I don't really know what it does. I don't know what a torque converter does, but it makes the truck shake really bad at 60 plus miles an hour. That is one of those. I forget what.

[Gavin]

I wasn't expecting that money might go soft.

[Ryan]

I wish I could surprise Cody Sherbrooke with the dirt bike and then also like probably get him to contractually sign. Like, I'm gonna not molest this.

[Dalton]

I thought you're gonna say don't sell. I'm like, no, just don't.

[Gavin]

Just don't.

[Ben]

Don't touch it.

[Gavin]

Yeah, you can't wrench on it.

[Ryan]

Wrench on it.

[Dalton]

Anytime you want to work on it. You come on.

[Mike]

I'll change the oil for no aftermarket accessories.

[Ryan]

Yeah, and I would love to buy Ryan a Raptor.

[Ben]

I see you, Mike.

[Ryan]

700 too. Not a 660.

[Dalton]

One of them new green ones.

[Ben]

I think we're one year away from it being 10 years since my other one. So, like, have an anniversary edition.

[Gavin]

We gotta get you back on the quad.

[Dalton]

Six months, they should drop.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

You know, we have a couple, like, in the garage that you could ride.

[Ben]

Yeah, I know. It's just their yfz. It's just not the same as the Raptor, you know? No reverse.

[Dalton]

They're not narrow and tippy.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah. They're not worse in almost every other way. I. I got it on the Stark one. That was actually pretty fun. You did.

[Dalton]

That was actually very refreshing.

[Ken]

The Stark's the best one.

[Ben]

Dude, that's freaking.

[Ken]

You can buy.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

That is literally the best ever.

[Ken]

At least.

[Dalton]

At least for wheelies and jumping. Yeah. But, I mean, it kind of. When we took it out to the dunes and stuff, we're okay there.

[Ken]

But yeah, this could have a broken radiator.

[Dalton]

Fair enough.

[Gavin]

Last week, we dropped our first cheap car challenge video. If you guys haven't seen it, go and watch it. It's part one and part two. The second part is coming out this Thursday, but are we gonna talk about how Ryan just completely fucked me over and just threw the race? Just make me look like an absolute idiot?

[Ryan]

It's funny because, like, I didn't have any clue that he was doing that. And then when he came back and said that he was doing that, it's pretty funny, right?

[Gavin]

I will give it to you. It is hilarious. And I don't think that you needed to do that to make me look like a worse driver. Like, I don't think that.

[Ben]

But it was a nice touch, wasn't it?

[Gavin]

It was a nice touch. Yeah. It was definitely a nice touch. I guess those that don't know. We ended the first video, part one, with a. A race around the track with our three cheap cars. And the first place was Ryan. Second place was Evan. Third place was me. And the loser had to spend the night camping while first place got, like, the nicest hotel and the best dinner in town. Right. It was great.

[Dalton]

But after about second place, we got some McDonald's.

[Gavin]

Second place got McDonald's in a motel. But. But after we did the race, the guy that, like, kind of got us under the track was like, he's just kind of just big dick in me, where he just thought I was just such a bad driver, where he was just like, oh, I could. I could win in your car. Because I was just like, dude, my car is so slow. Like, there's no.

[Ben]

Nothing you can do.

[Gavin]

No chance I could have won. Like, I was in the back from the. The jump of the beginning, and, like, the first chance I had, I was going to try and hit Evan, like, pit him out. Right? It wasn't. We weren't racing at all. Like, it was not, like, switch. It wasn't up to the driver, or at least I thought it wasn't. And so the dude was just like, I could. I could beat Ryan, like, in your car. And I was like, what do I have to gain by doing this? Right? Like, Ryan either wins and I don't look like a bad racer, or you win, and then I look even worse. And everyone's like, yeah, let's run it. Let's run it. And then Gavin. Gavin actually was getting pressed because you really don't have anything to gain by doing this. He's going to just ruin our car. We have to use his car for the next week.

[Ben]

Honestly, it was a valid concern.

[Gavin]

Yeah. And everyone's like, run it, Run it. Just could not wait for me to look like a terrible driver. And then, sure enough, on the. On the back side of the track, couldn't see it. Ryan waves him by. The dude comes in the front. Ken's, who's my teammate, could not stop laughing because he was the first one to see it.

[Mike]

I just. I could not believe. I could not believe that dude came out in the front. I was like, oh, my God. This is so, so, so amazing.

[Dalton]

Let's not forget about the hundred dollars. It made me.

[Gavin]

Yeah. And it made Evan a hundred dollars richer, which I'm glad that it was a hundred dollars, because I initially bet him 5,000.

[Ryan]

Whoa.

[Ben]

Whoa.

[Gavin]

Like, that's how confident I was in this car, not being able to beat you. I was like, this thing sucks. There's zero chance. And thankfully, Evan didn't take that bet, which was crazy, because we just spent the last, like, three days in Vegas.

[Dalton]

And Evan, just for the money it was. It was throwing off the whole team dynamic of the whole challenge. That's why I didn't do it. If it was strictly a money money bet, I probably would have gambled. But you were throwing all these curveballs in. I'm like, oh, no, no.

[Ben]

The only thing I messed up is I forgot to let him pass me twice so I could fake it and then show you the clip of him passing me. So it kind of spoiled it.

[Gavin]

It was almost. I. I knew it was just too good to be true. But, yeah, the guy comes across the finish line in first, and Ken is just loving.

[Mike]

I couldn't believe that car somehow made it around the track that fast.

[Ben]

And once again, it clearly was fake.

[Ken]

I hate to say. I hate to break it to you, but it was completely real. We didn't even set that up because there's nothing. There's no footage of us being like, hey, Ryan's going to throw the race. It just. He was going hard.

[Gavin]

I mean, you can see Ryan wave him by. Could you?

[Ben]

I don't know. I guess it depends how much you.

[Gavin]

See Ryan put his hand out the window and wave him.

[Ken]

No, we did fuck up. Not telling the camera that Ryan was going to throw the race.

[Ryan]

That's all you really have.

[Ben]

Yeah. I kind of just, like, thought about it when I was heading out. I was like, it'd be way funnier if it really.

[Gavin]

Afterwards, I was like, holy shit, I suck. I was like, God, I suck. What do I. Why do I even try?

[Ben]

There is. I can't remember who says it. Brian Scotto says driving a slow car fast is more fun than driving a fast car fast. And driving on that track, those slow cars fast was so fun. It was more fun on doing that track day, maybe, I guess not for you. Maybe yours sucked too much. But it was more fun than driving, like, our supercars.

[Ryan]

Really?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Holy.

[Ben]

I mean, because you weren't really worried about piling them up and, like, you couldn't drive so fast that you were terrified of, like, what was happening. Like, worst case, you just squeal some tires and slide off.

[Dalton]

I was terrified my brakes were gonna light on fire.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah, yours were freakers.

[Mike]

Didn't get hot.

[Dalton]

They just smelled so bad. I've never smelt that much breaks.

[Ben]

Crown Vic was fine, obviously.

[Gavin]

Yeah. Ryan was just having the time of his life.

[Dalton]

I just remember how giddy CJ was when he came up to me to inform me that he put a little word into the driver.

[Ken]

Oh, yeah. It was partially my idea for Ryan to throw it. I was like, dude, just let him win. It'll be even funnier.

[Gavin]

Yeah, those jokes, though.

[Ryan]

Yeah, dude, that whole video, I can't believe that was only half of it. Have anything set in stone on your El Camino.

[Ben]

What?

[Ryan]

Mexican ot?

[Dalton]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Hell, yeah.

[Dalton]

Well, I mean, I think it's set in stone.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

I just figured want to speak it into existence here, because I really want to see that happen.

[Dalton]

Apparently, like, the first week of August, Mexican OT is playing a concert in Fargo, and they want the El Camino as a stage prop.

[Ken]

That's sick.

[Dalton]

Could hook us up with a little meet and greet and a VIP table for the concert.

[Gavin]

Let's go. That's live.

[Ken]

Who hit you up? Mexican ot.

[Dalton]

Actually, Brandon, because he knows the promoter, and the promoter is in charge of, like, just have. Having it ready. I'm sure the Mexican OT has no idea about any of this. Still seems legit that the promoter is looking for a car to have on the stage. So I'm like, it seems legit if.

[Ken]

You stat in the car the whole time.

[Dalton]

I'm thinking about hiding in there at least long enough to jump out. Even if security tackles me, it'll be.

[Ken]

You should be in, like, a little underwear. When you hop out.

[Gavin]

Out. Pop the trunk.

[Ken]

You pop the trunk.

[Ryan]

There you go.

[Gavin]

Yeah, that would be hilarious.

[Dalton]

I'm wearing harness. Jump out of the.

[Mike]

Start that thing up like, halfway through and start revving it.

[Ryan]

You should put some hard tunnel cover on it.

[Dalton]

It's on it right now.

[Ryan]

Oh, hell yeah.

[Gavin]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

That's literally so cool. And then Evan was saying how he's thinking about kind of not changing it a bunch, but undonifying it and making it a little more drivable. Now you can.

[Dalton]

Now it has to happen after, of course.

[Gavin]

It's gotta look, if you.

[Ken]

If it wasn't donked out, you'd never get an opportunity like.

[Ben]

Like this.

[Dalton]

Also true. It'd be fun to have a car that performs just a little bit.

[Ben]

You might have to buy another type of vehicle. I don't know if the El Camino was ever known for performing a big.

[Dalton]

Motor in a straight line.

[Ben]

That's true.

[Gavin]

Yeah. I think it just needs an LS in it and a cam. You can see that thing just shaking.

[Dalton]

It does have a cam in it. Does look bigger.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it sounds good, actually.

[Dalton]

No, it needs, like, a turboed six liter.

[Ryan]

Where we have a six liter going in the original red Miata, but it's.

[Dalton]

Blue now, so I still don't understand.

[Gavin]

Oh, yeah, it is. Yeah.

[Ken]

We got a red one to replace the red one. Now we got red and blue. I kind of like the blue better in the red.

[Gavin]

I mean, I like them both because it's fresh paint.

[Dalton]

It looks better than the old one, but I. I was just so in love with the OG Miata. I think I just had a little bit more of a bond with it maybe, for sure. So I was just really saddened to see it just is no longer what it was.

[Ben]

Well, I have to get you one of these hats, but in blue and some blue atne. We all capped off again.

[Ryan]

I got my drift car back, just got a tune spun like 10 laps. It was so far from overheating and I didn't start on fire.

[Mike]

I almost don't believe it.

[Ben]

Kind of lame.

[Ryan]

I had to quit because my entertaining.

[Ken]

Four years later and she's finally running.

[Ryan]

She's good to go. Like really good to go. Like, it feels almost too easy. I was fighting it before. I don't know.

[Ben]

I'm excited now watching that video that you sent. Like the entry speed was actually I looked to see if it was you driving or Jake driving because it looked really good.

[Ryan]

Well, I rarely even went into second gear before and now that's just like.

[Ben]

You just ride second.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

Congrats, Mike.

[Ryan]

Thanks.

[Gavin]

Been a long time coming.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Gavin]

All right, I think that's a wrap, boys.

[Ben]

Good stuff.

[Ken]

Funny.

[Ben]

Congrats, Benny.

[Ryan]

Thank you.

[Ben]

Congrats, Mike.

[Gavin]

That was a funny pod, wasn't it, Ken?

[Mike]

First half was great.

[Ryan]

Kenny was like a serious emotional roller coaster with a car you literally solidified.

[Gavin]

Yes.

[Ryan]

I'm buying that car to. Never mind. I'm not.

[Gavin]

And I think you should keep looking.

[Ken]

You already got a pontoon.

[Mike]

There'll be more that pop up.

[Ben]

Yeah, more pontoons. Yeah.

[Gavin]

Okay. There we go. Subscribe if you haven't, boys, and we'll see you next week.

[Ryan]

Later.

[Evan]

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