Micah Spends $125,000 LIVE During Podcast, Ken's Car Accident, & How to Get Out Of A Speeding Ticket

Summary

Podcast Summary: Life Wide Open with CboysTV
Episode Title: Micah Spends $125,000 LIVE During Podcast, Ken's Car Accident, & How to Get Out Of A Speeding Ticket
Release Date: April 15, 2025

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1. Live Purchase of the Viper

The episode kicks off with an exhilarating plan to purchase a Dodge Viper live on air. Ken expresses his long-standing passion for Vipers, sharing his upbringing and fascination with the car model. Ken recounts, "Vipers are going up in price. So that's the goal behind it. Yeah. They're going up in price." (03:04).

Mike encourages the group, saying, "Mike buys a Viper live on the podcast." (07:34), highlighting the nerve-wracking yet thrilling nature of making such a significant purchase live.

2. Navigating the Purchase Process

The team discusses the logistics of buying the Viper through eBay, emphasizing the $1,000 non-refundable deposit required. Ken muses, "I'm in the business of shipping things." (10:00), showcasing his expertise in handling such transactions.

As the purchase unfolds live, Mike exclaims with excitement, "Mike, you buy the Viper yet?" (22:24), solidifying the momentous event.

3. Ken's Car Accident

A significant portion of the episode details Ken's recent car accident. While maneuvering through a tight spot with a semi-truck, Ken accidentally backs into a pedestrian's car. Ken describes the incident, "He keeps creeping forward, and Ken's backing up, backing up. And next thing you know, this freaking girl behind us, she..." (47:07).

The group recounts the chaos that ensued, with multiple members reacting animatedly. Ryan reflects, "What are you doing walking out on the ice?" (72:22), illustrating the intensity of the situation.

4. Handling a Speeding Ticket

Mike shares his recent experience of receiving a major speeding ticket: "He clocked you at 55 here and it's a 30." (12:08). The conversation delves into the complexities of dealing with law enforcement, especially when it comes to window tint violations.

Angie offers practical advice, stating, "When you get caught red-handed speeding... it's just best to be like, yeah, I know." (20:46), emphasizing the importance of honesty and accepting responsibility to potentially mitigate the consequences.

5. Stock Market Discussions and Investments

The team engages in a robust discussion about the current state of the stock market, drawing parallels to past economic downturns like 2008 and 2020. Ken shares his first foray into stock buying, "I just saved myself like a year or maybe even two in terms of your buy-in price." (24:46).

Angie advises patience and long-term commitment: "The nice thing about you being late to the game on buying stocks is that you came late at the perfect time." (24:53), highlighting the strategy of "buying the dip" and maintaining investments over time.

6. Customizing the New Viper

Excitement builds as the team discusses their plans for customizing the newly acquired Viper. Ken outlines his modification plans, "I'll definitely be doing that. It's just a matter of when." (33:08), referring to adding a big wing and upgrading the exhaust system.

The group delves into the technical aspects of car modifications, reflecting their deep passion and expertise in automotive enhancements.

7. Unboxing the 2600-Pound Statue

A surprising and humorous segment involves the unboxing of a massive marble statue gifted to the team. Angie narrates, "It's a Greek God Zeus... He's holding a lightning bolt." (59:33), describing the intricate details and the overwhelming size of the sculpture.

The team shares laughs over their initial misconceptions and the physical challenge of moving such a hefty piece, showcasing their camaraderie and light-hearted interactions.

8. 100-Day Fitness Challenge Update

Ken provides an update on the group's ongoing 100-day fitness challenge. He shares his progress and the benefits he's reaping, "It's been fun... I'm just completely dead when we're done with it." (66:42). The discussion highlights the importance of perseverance and the positive changes brought about by consistent physical activity.

Angie commends the group's dedication, noting the visible improvements and the motivational feedback from listeners, "It's so cool to see." (67:49).

9. Upcoming Car Show Planning

The episode teases an upcoming car and truck show scheduled for May 17th at the Custom Offsets Warehouse in Appleton, Wisconsin. Mike enthuses, "It's gonna be a banger. It's just gonna be better." (58:51), outlining the event details and encouraging members to participate.

The team discusses the logistics, potential modifications on their vehicles, and the anticipated turnout, further building anticipation among their audience.

10. Closing Remarks and Final Anecdotes

As the episode nears its end, the group shares personal stories and humorous anecdotes, reinforcing their bond and the dynamic nature of their podcast. Ken reflects on the balance between keeping surprises and being informed, while Mike and Ryan offer playful banter about future plans and past experiences.

The episode concludes with a blend of humor, anticipation for future events, and reflections on personal growth, leaving listeners eagerly awaiting the next installment.

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Notable Quotes:

• Ken on banks: "The bank will give you money for just about anything as long as you're willing to pay for it." (03:54)

• Mike on speeding: "I was just speeding up and got to the 55 and was just driving normal." (12:07)

• Angie on handling tickets: "When you get caught red-handed speeding... it's just best to be like, yeah, I know." (20:46)

• Mike on the Viper purchase: "Mike buys a Viper live on the podcast." (07:34)

• Ken on stock investments: "I just saved myself like a year or maybe even two in terms of your buy-in price." (24:46)

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This episode of Life Wide Open with CboysTV delivers a rollercoaster of automotive adventures, personal challenges, and insightful discussions, all woven together by the hosts' engaging dynamics. Whether it's the thrill of a live car purchase, navigating unforeseen accidents, or strategizing stock investments, listeners are treated to an authentic glimpse into the lives and stories of CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, and Micah.

Transcript

[Mike]

The bank will give you money for just about anything.

[Ryan]

Everyone else has to just be like the most animated version of themselves when anything happens.

[Angie]

And it was going to hit us and he was not slowing down at all.

[Mike]

I haven't got a speeding ticket in eight years.

[Ken]

All right, let's do it.

[Mike]

Congratulations.

[Evan]

Let's go.

[Mike]

Congratulations, Mike.

[Angie]

Big moment, Big moment. It's nerve wracking making a big purchase like that.

[Evan]

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[Angie]

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[Ryan]

Selling for a profit. I've only sold one car for a profit.

[Ken]

It's something I learned the hard way that that's actually just not usually the case.

[Ryan]

That's just cars.

[Ken]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean you shouldn't expect that ever. You shouldn't buy a car really. Ever expecting to sell it for more.

[Mike]

Mike was just showing us a Viper that is sick that we're trying to convince him to buy, as good friends should.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

But I was going to ask you, Mike, what is, like, what's the story with the Viper? Like, why is that the car? The ever elusive Viper.

[Ken]

My dad was a big mopar guy. I grew up a big mopar guy. We didn't have subscriptions of very many magazines. I think he just got it because he worked at the mopar dealership. But we had, like, the viper magazine. So I would just flip through it, and instead of, you know, like, car and drive, you're looking at all these different cars. I'm just looking at Vipers.

[Mike]

Straight Vipers.

[Ken]

Vipers. He's got, like, little replicas of vipers. Unfortunately for him, never owned a viper, but then that was kind of where that came from. I'm like, well, I should get one. And then as time went on, people on social media started treating vipers like there were some sort of holy grail. Not the holy grail, by any means, but they're like, oh, Z06 is. Those are sick. But did you see his viper? So that's rare. That's the goal behind it. Yeah. They're going up in price. So that's the downside. And I really think I got to make it happen this summer before they keep going up.

[Angie]

That is a downside for you, Mike, because you only like buying things that are going down in value.

[Ken]

Right. So you mentioned, like, dude, it feels insane to me to get, like, a loan on a supercar. It's crazy that the bank will give you that. Like, hey, I want this sports car.

[Mike]

The bank will give you money for just about anything as long as you're.

[Ryan]

Willing to pay for it.

[Ken]

It's crazy.

[Mike]

Like, they're in the business of giving people money.

[Ken]

That's true.

[Mike]

Money. Money. Mike doesn't even know what a bank is. I convinced my girlfriend that Mike didn't believe in banks for the longest time. I think she believed it for a couple of years, actually. And that Mike would just put his money underneath his bed, which isn't that crazy of, like, a. It's not that foreign of a concept.

[Ken]

Right.

[Evan]

Because we were up in Mike's office sl bedroom in the old shop, and he.

[Ken]

You had what, like, 1100 bucks in cash?

[Evan]

Yeah, I was going to say, like, a bunch of tip money, basically. And we're like, oh, yeah, Mike, he doesn't put his money in the bank.

[Mike]

He doesn't trust the banking system. Your mom doesn't trust the banking system?

[Ryan]

My mom doesn't trust anything.

[Evan]

Your mom doesn't trust the.

[Ken]

I Didn't know that.

[Ryan]

I try and like, listen to her for a little bit, and then she starts saying like, all these wild, wild conspiracies and just like, I. I feel bad, but I'm gonna tune you out for a little bit.

[Ken]

I. I think she does have. Still has some sort of compass. Like, some of the stuff she says I agree with. Do you as well, or do you think everything she says is crazy?

[Ryan]

No, there's like. For every 10 things, there's like the one that's like, okay, I. I gotta take you with a grain of salt right now.

[Mike]

I will always say one bad.

[Ryan]

Yeah, but it's always like the one that's always just completely out of left field.

[Ken]

I don't want to have him catch a straight here. But like, Uncle Buck, he. He's. He's also very accurate on a lot of things.

[Mike]

And I'm catching a straight.

[Evan]

Your uncle.

[Ryan]

Your uncle and my mom are pretty much the same on the same wavelength.

[Mike]

What conspiracy theorist would that be?

[Angie]

They're almost like doomsday prepping. Yeah, I'd say Buck is almost like Doomsday Prep 100%.

[Mike]

Yeah. Uncle Buck also kind of doesn't believe in. In the bank system.

[Ken]

Really?

[Mike]

And so he. Yeah, he has a bunch of money in silver.

[Ken]

Silver. Yeah.

[Mike]

So he lost a bet to me and he paid me 500 bucks or a thousand bucks in silver, which is pretty sick because it stopped me from like ever using that much. Like, I just have the silver in my safe now.

[Evan]

What the hell are you going to do? Like, molded into a frickin. What do they make silver? What do you know?

[Mike]

I think they just know it's like silver coins. So, like, if the banks did fall, I would have silver.

[Evan]

You got some shekels? Yeah, shekels takes.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Evan]

For good.

[Mike]

I don't know how far it could get me, but it could give me, I guess, a little bit.

[Ryan]

Do you buy that online? Do you have to go somewhere for that? Or. Like, where does even get this?

[Mike]

Yeah, I think you can buy silver online, actually, but it comes in like crates, because silver is not light.

[Angie]

It's got to be expensive.

[Mike]

Got to. Yeah, that's a depreciating asset right there. Like you're spending a thousand bucks on silver, but it costs you 200 bucks to ship it.

[Evan]

It's like the immediately worth the 800 Robin Hood or like Coinbase or whatever. It's like the same thing. Yeah.

[Ryan]

Gas fees on crypto Mike, though, if you pull off.

[Evan]

If you pull off that Viper, I.

[Angie]

Think you got to buy it right.

[Mike]

Right now.

[Evan]

Oh, it's on ebay, dude. Just add to cart.

[Ken]

Deposit of $1,000 is required.

[Mike]

Done.

[Ryan]

You need to take a loan with my credit card or.

[Mike]

There you go. Ken will loan the money.

[Ken]

Deposits are non refundable.

[Evan]

The podcast could put up $1,000.

[Ken]

Yeah, luckily your deposit, this isn't that.

[Ryan]

You have to pay back.

[Mike]

Does the podcast have $1,000 to put up?

[Evan]

Yeah, just. It's all tied up. Yeah, well, assets and investments right now.

[Ken]

Yeah. It's ironic that I've literally thought that. I've looked at every Gen 5 Viper for sale right now, but he finds, dude, send me one that I haven't seen.

[Mike]

It's insane. I swear. Ken has some like back alley entrance to these apps.

[Ryan]

Just got Cargurus and Auto Tempest. That's like the two to look at because they have everything.

[Mike]

Mike, I think you should buy positive.

[Ken]

$1,000 is required. Is non refundable. That's not the end of the world.

[Ryan]

Trump changed for money.

[Ken]

Damn. Out of worse. No, I press buy it now.

[Evan]

Yeah, just press buy it now.

[Angie]

I do that at 125. Yeah, at least click. That'd be a good video. And then we can go and get it. Pick it up.

[Ryan]

There's a make an offer option on there.

[Ken]

Not on this one. I was hoping for that.

[Mike]

Come on, Mike. The podcast needs a thumbnail. For real. Mike buys a Viper live on the podcast.

[Ken]

Your account, it's been highly tested and buying what? I don't bid on anything. Currently, your account has reached the limit for bidding and buying.

[Mike]

Oh, have Evan do it then. Evan's got. Evan's got like the best. Yeah, he's got the best ebay account you can get. He doesn't believe in Amazon.

[Angie]

Why don't you just message the guy and then just do it off ebay?

[Ken]

That's probably a better idea.

[Angie]

I just get a hold of him and just say, hey, give me a call. Let's do this off ebay. I can, I can, you know, send you a thousand bucks or whatever, but let's. Let's meet up and I want the car. Just tell them you want to buy it.

[Mike]

Where's it at?

[Ken]

Ohio.

[Angie]

Can you drive it back from there? It's probably not.

[Ken]

I probably would. I probably would.

[Evan]

I will say my favorite part, my favorite miles in my vet. We're driving at home, so it's so fun.

[Ken]

I was literally just going to ask you that. I'm like, I like the idea of purchasing a vehicle and then driving it home. Permitting, it's not like the middle of winter, whatever. Because you immediately get to know. You're forced into getting to know all the things you probably are gonna love and you might not like about it.

[Mike]

Mostly.

[Ken]

Hopefully love also.

[Evan]

Like, we drive these roads every day. Like, even in the new car, it's not gonna feel that special. But you start in this new foreign place, it's like downloading a DLC to a new part of the video game. Like, it's just you're so excited. You're in a new place. You're trying to find the first gas station to stop to, like. It's so fun. It is. The best part is my favorite part about buying that car was picking it up in Texas.

[Ken]

So the Cummins that I bought a while back, it's actually.

[Angie]

You haven't even got that one yet. You have two cars here.

[Ken]

I know.

[Angie]

Two new vehicles.

[Ken]

That's not a reason not to, you know.

[Angie]

No, it's not. It's not.

[Ken]

Especially when you're mic full, send diesel where Dalton's truck is. So I was asking him when Dalton's truck would be done. I'm like, you should just take it back with Dalton's truck. And then he said, oh, we won't have room. We're taking another truck. And so then I'm like, I might just fly out there and drive it back.

[Evan]

Where's that, though?

[Ken]

Pennsylvania.

[Mike]

It's probably, what, 24 hour drive? Yeah, it was two days of driving.

[Ken]

It was 20 hours.

[Evan]

20. That sucks.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Evan]

There is a point where it kind of goes like, do I want to drive from Pennsylvania?

[Ken]

Yeah. I would be like, mobbing with them on their way here with Dalton's truck.

[Evan]

Oh, that's true.

[Ken]

Probably the worst thing.

[Angie]

One of those guys drive it.

[Ken]

That's true. They just have to take another guy.

[Ryan]

That get it shipped too, for probably a thousand bucks.

[Mike]

This guy, he knows. Dude, he knows everything.

[Ken]

Like, I knew I could get it shipped, obviously, but for a thousand bucks, the guys.

[Mike]

Ken knows.

[Ryan]

Yeah. By the time you. You buy a flight and pay for the fuel.

[Ken]

Oh, yeah, no, that's what I'm getting is I couldn't even do that for that. Not even close.

[Mike]

Ken is just in the business of shipping things.

[Angie]

Is.

[Mike]

He's shipping packages. He ships. He's shipping. He's shipping the boys. Like, he does all of our travel advisory and then he's shipping our vehicles every which way.

[Angie]

I just had him ship the Teemu Typhoon today.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that one's gonna be a little bit of work. I don't think we're gonna get it here by the time the ice comes off. Oh really the problem is the width, but we're, we're working on it.

[Ken]

Oh, we want. Do we want it for the ice?

[Angie]

I mean, we just want it in general. It'll be fine.

[Mike]

Yeah. The TEU Typhoon that we bought, we, we had our buddy Wilton fix it, but the dude has so little confidence in the TEU Typhoon that he won't test drive it.

[Angie]

Yeah, he doesn't really.

[Mike]

He won't even put it in the water and test drive it for us cuz he's like, I don't want to be responsible for breaking it.

[Angie]

Like if it sinks. Which honestly, you can't blame the guy. It's literally held together by door hinges and two by sinking.

[Ken]

Makes sense. But the whole braking thing, it's like if he blew up both motors simultaneously, we'd be like, all right.

[Angie]

I don't think he's worried about that.

[Ken]

Yeah. Okay. It's just the torque sinking.

[Evan]

Just the torque ripping it apart.

[Mike]

Oh.

[Ken]

Like it might actually work so that the. Yeah, I could see that two by fours that hold the rear of the jet skis on could break.

[Ryan]

I'm just a little concerned at how this thing's put together. Just having this thing go across the country on a trailer might make it fall apart.

[Angie]

Well, it's got to get here somehow.

[Mike]

It did make it from South Carolina to Florida, which isn't that far. But one of the subs. He might even be listening right now. Came through heavy and drove it down on the shittiest trailer I think I've ever seen. I can't believe it made it that far. Please tell me that they're not transporting it back on that same trailer.

[Ryan]

No, no, he was saying he'll. He'll put the trailer on a flatbed.

[Mike]

Okay, good.

[Ryan]

Flatbed.

[Mike]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

[Ryan]

I told dude, this trailer is a piece of garbage. I don't trust that it'll make it.

[Mike]

I don't think it would make it down the road at this point. That thing is so rickety.

[Ryan]

Mean, it's also wide.

[Mike]

Cj, you're going to be pretty proud of me.

[Angie]

What you do.

[Mike]

I got a speeding ticket.

[Angie]

Oh yeah. I saw that sucker.

[Ryan]

How fast?

[Mike]

Make you pretty happy.

[Angie]

Yeah, I mean, you were due for it.

[Mike]

I was due for it. I haven't got a speeding ticket in eight years.

[Evan]

Eight years. Not gotten a speeding tick in eight years.

[Mike]

Well, cuz, I drive pretty good, Ryan.

[Evan]

What happened the other day then?

[Mike]

Honestly, I got got. I got got dude, and it's not an excuse. I mean I was speeding, but I was coming off Highway 10 in Audubon.

[Evan]

Yep, dangerous spot.

[Mike]

And then there's like that, I don't know, 300 yards where it's a 30 and then it goes to the 55.

[Evan]

Oh, you got you in there.

[Ryan]

They just made that a 30 like a year ago.

[Mike]

Yeah, kind of whack because like I was just speeding up into 55. Like you turn and like it's not long enough where you like really think about like going through slow. At 30, you kind of just turn and then you just speed up and then by the time you get to the 55, you're like at 55.

[Evan]

Yep.

[Mike]

And I just.

[Ken]

Impressive because I think too fast most of us would be at about 65, 70.

[Mike]

I just sped up and got to the 55 and was just driving normal. Next thing I know, a cop's behind me. I pull over, I'm like, oh dude, I'm getting go for tent. My tent is insane on the urus. And 0% he comes up and he shows me a picture he must have took a photo of. I don't even know what this was. But he shows me a picture of the back of my car and then you can see the 55 mile per hour sign like in front of my car. So you see the 55, my car. And then he goes, I clocked you at 55 here and it's a 30. And I'm like looking back, I'm like, right there.

[Evan]

What?

[Mike]

Right here? And he's like, yeah. And I'm like, I don't even, what do you even say? 55 and a 30.

[Angie]

I'll tell you what you're saying, dude, write the ticket.

[Mike]

No, I, I didn't even argue it, I was just like, yeah, they like it. That is me in that photo that you're showing me right now. So clearly I was doing it.

[Ryan]

They just made that a 30 like within the last 12 months though. And you don't even think about it. Cuz we've lived around here for so long, them changing that speed limit doesn't even register in my mind.

[Mike]

Well it should now because they're posted up and. Yeah. So then he starts tearing my car apart and was like, you got tint on it? And I was like. Or he was like, this is dark tint. How dark is it? I was like, I don't know. It was on there when I bought it. Which I knew is dark. I knew it was dark. I didn't know it Was this dark? It's 3%.

[Angie]

Holy crap.

[Mike]

3%.

[Ken]

Okay, that actually makes sense. I was kind of joking when I said zero percent like that. That's dark. I was just got reader on.

[Mike]

He puts his reader on and like the reader was on the inside of the window so I could see it and my jaw just dropped. He's like, how dark? And I go, three. Take a guess. And he was like five. And I was like, three.

[Evan]

Oh, my gosh.

[Angie]

That's funny.

[Mike]

I was like. I was like, holy.

[Angie]

So he was being nice.

[Mike]

I mean, yeah, he was a nice, nice guy.

[Angie]

Did he give you a tin ticket or no?

[Mike]

Yeah, he gave me a windshield tint ticket. Oh, wow. And then he came back and was like, you know, I'm not going to give you a. A window for the sides tin ticket, but I am going to give you for the windshield. And I was like, all good. Understand? And. And then he was like, but can't do anything about the speeding. And that just gives me my ticket. I was like, bro, not even like. So you got knock it down to.

[Angie]

A 55 and a 30.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Evan]

So that's 25 over.

[Mike]

Yeah, it is 25 over.

[Evan]

Ryan, is that a mate? Like, that's a major speeding ticket, right? Like, you start getting up in those numbers.

[Mike]

I don't know, it's. Dude, not a minor.

[Evan]

What's 25 over in 80? 80 and a 55 is pretty fast. But it's like right at. In this little zone here, like, you're just speeding up a little early. That's tough.

[Mike]

It's tough.

[Ryan]

25. All right. Tough. Look.

[Ken]

Yeah, I thought your rear view, your rear view mirror was like super high tech. Trying to dim it down or something. Because I'm like, dude, I cannot see out of this. I look back, I'm like, oh, it's just that dark.

[Mike]

It's just that dark.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Evan]

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[Mike]

Yeah, the guy that had my car before me had to have been, I don't know, he had to have been some kind of celebrity or something that didn't want anybody knowing who was in it. Which is kind of nice. Like when I'm in there and like somebody is like maybe sitting there looking at you at a stoplight and it's kind of awkward and. Well, I don't think it's that awkward, but Greta hates it and she's like, can they see us right now? I'm like, no, no, trust me, no, they cannot. It's pitch dark in there.

[Ryan]

Might have had an eye condition.

[Angie]

Ken has a window tint prescription. Yeah, thanks to you, Ben.

[Ryan]

I've got light sensitivity because of you.

[Angie]

Thanks to Ben.

[Ken]

Funny, because you should be thanking him.

[Angie]

Ken.

[Mike]

Ken, you should be thanking me. They don't have 10 tickets anymore.

[Ryan]

Actually, I haven't got a window t. Window tint ticket since you did that.

[Ken]

So if you don't even need to walk on wood though, can you for.

[Angie]

Clarification, Ken Matthews, he got so many window tin tickets that after Ben smashed him in the face with his birthday cake on his birthday and the candle went to his eye.

[Mike]

All right, blow it out.

[Angie]

That was too much.

[Evan]

No one not okay.

[Angie]

Two days later.

[Ryan]

It's pretty.

[Angie]

Yeah. Damn, bro.

[Ryan]

Can you see that?

[Angie]

Ken then went to the optometrist and they gave him a window tint prescription because his eyeball is slightly messed up now, and he now can legally have illegal tint on his car.

[Ryan]

Only on the sides, not on the windshield, which is like the most important part. But yeah.

[Mike]

What?

[Angie]

Don't be complaining, Ken. All of us would love to be able to have.

[Ken]

Well, it was interesting because we were all trying to, you know, find a way to finagle our way into getting that signature on, like, a tint right off. And then Ken just so happened to actually become injured.

[Angie]

Ken earned it.

[Ken]

Yeah, exactly. Like he earned it.

[Evan]

Earned it.

[Ken]

So it's like, if there's anyone that's.

[Ryan]

Going to have it, win some, you lose some.

[Ken]

That.

[Ryan]

That just came out as a dub on my side.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Angie]

I mean, normally though, like, my advice, when you get caught red handed speeding and you're clearly speeding, it's just best to be like, yeah, I know. Shouldn't have done that. I'm. I'm an idiot. And then they normally lighten up at that point. And then we'll sometimes let you go off the tint and then sometimes even knock it down. Yeah, like my last one, the guy knocked it down. I think I was going like 80 or something in a 55. And he knocked it down to like, not as much or maybe it was higher. I don't know. I got the ticket in there.

[Ken]

Whenever I get caught speeding, I tell them, they're like, you know how fast you were going? And then I like, make it sound like I'm guessing and then guess the exact amount that I was going.

[Mike]

88. If he would ask that, I would have been like, where? Like, I didn't even.

[Evan]

Yeah, I didn't even really know.

[Mike]

Didn't even read.

[Evan]

It was the honest mistake.

[Angie]

The ticket I got before my last one. The guy came up just all, like, fucking mad. And because he came up all mad, I just decided to just like. I was just like, fuck it, I don't even care. And then he was like, you're going pretty fast, weren't you? I was like, was I? Yeah, I did that. And I kind of put a stupid look on my face, which made him even more mad. Then he was like, you had been going well above 80. I got you at 80. I was like, that doesn't make sense. No, I don't think so. And, like, just Was going back and forth and. And then I like caught him going back on his words and. And I was just like, see, that's.

[Evan]

Why I think they loosen up. They loosen up when you're just like, yeah, I messed up. Then they're like, okay, I'm not going to deal with some guy who thinks he's a lawyer and going to try to talk his way out of this ticket. Like if you just. And I think that's the right thing to do. If you're like, I have made a mistake or committed a crime technically, and by going too fast, you're just like.

[Mike]

Yeah, I did it.

[Evan]

You're not going to be like, oh no, my speedometer was off or you're reader is inaccurate. You know, just like, just trying to lie to get your way out of it. If you just like accept responsibility for something like that, I feel like then they loosen up.

[Mike]

Yeah, I got. Got in 4k straight up. I love. He showed you a. Show me a picture. I was like, God, I look stupid driving right now with that little. The white wheels with the 55.

[Evan]

Right? Can I get that picture?

[Mike]

Yeah, that guy's an idiot. Sorry.

[Evan]

Mike, you buy the Viper yet?

[Ken]

I forgot my wallet at the farm.

[Evan]

And put in your credit card.

[Ken]

Yeah, I guess. My credit card. You need to link it to prove that you're verified of age. To buy this item.

[Mike]

You want to buy, use mine.

[Ken]

Sure.

[Angie]

Do it.

[Ken]

Yeah, I mean I'm not going to obviously use it to buy anything else, so.

[Evan]

Good. Add the Viper to cart.

[Ken]

So, yeah, that's. Dude, it's hilarious. Has anyone bought a car on ebay? I know. It's actually a pretty reputable.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I bought my. My WRX on ebay.

[Evan]

You had a wrx?

[Ken]

That's right. A red. Yeah, red wrx.

[Angie]

Oh, yeah.

[Mike]

All right.

[Ken]

Anyway, I'll. I'll get back to you guys.

[Evan]

You guys been buying the Dip?

[Ken]

I've actually bought stocks for the first time in my entire life.

[Mike]

Nice, Mike. You bought at the dip, right?

[Angie]

There you go, Mike. Worked out pretty good and. Huh.

[Ken]

Yeah, worked great.

[Angie]

As of right now, they might drop again.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Angie]

So don't feel too good.

[Mike]

Yeah, kind of wild. Dude, I've been watching just like a lot of different YouTube, like finance videos about people just talking about where we're at right now with the economy. And I just keep thinking like, man, is this how it felt in like 08? I was just too young to even know what was going on back then.

[Ken]

Right.

[Mike]

But just like, I guess the way people have been looking at it.

[Angie]

But I don't know if this is as bad as 08.

[Mike]

No, 08. 08 was, I think like a.

[Angie]

The housing market crash.

[Mike]

50% loss in the.

[Ryan]

Did he. It feels more like the 2020. The market's more like 2020 than.08, I think at least it seems very parallel to 2020.

[Angie]

The thing is, though, is like, so it just rocketed up today because Trump pushed the tariffs back another 90 days for every other country other than China. And so, yeah, I mean, that puts us out three months. So end of summer, roughly, we're going to. We're going to have more of an answer, which will either send them all the way back down again or send them up. The thing with the stock market, Mike, is that you don't want to time it, you just want to have time in it. That's what they say. It's not about timing the market, it's about just having time in it.

[Ken]

Yeah, that's if anything I'm aware of. It's just literally that I plan to, like, leave it in there for the next five years or whatever.

[Angie]

The nice thing about you being late to the game on buying stocks is that you came late at the perfect time because you just saved yourself like a year or maybe even two in terms of your buy in price.

[Ryan]

Any gains you could have had in the last year would have been basically reset back to where they were 12 months ago.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[Angie]

Worked out.

[Evan]

Good job, Mike.

[Angie]

Hey, job, Mike.

[Mike]

Good things come to those who put it off.

[Ken]

Yeah, it's really. It was a lack of knowledge and it's just like. It is interesting how that can just go on and on. I don't know. It just puts my first couple thousand in the stock market and hopefully now.

[Evan]

You'Re buying a Viper, dude.

[Mike]

I'd say it went pretty good, Mike.

[Ken]

Big return.

[Mike]

The other day we were sitting in Big Wrench's garage and it's when everything started going down. And CJ opens up his phone and goes, ken, how do I sell all. How do I sell everything?

[Ken]

Like serious. Because when you.

[Angie]

I did sell everything.

[Ken]

Yeah. And when you told me you sold everything, of all the things that you worked up to get, I didn't quite understand it. I was like, so he sold everything like that? Was that the right thing to do? I don't know.

[Ryan]

You sold everything and then he bought it back?

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Did you sell again?

[Angie]

No. I don't know, like, how much I can really say, but I've been like buying stocks for probably Three, maybe four years, and just, you know, slow and steady. Had quite a bit of money in there. Probably two months ago, I was up, like, 40 grand. Like, if you would have just gone to my gain loss statements. So I was doing really well in the stock market, but I just, you know, been buying at good times over time and all of that. I had watched in probably a week go down and down and down and down and down. And I was like, even this was the dip prior to. Once it really started tanking. But basically I was like, I'm even. This is probably going to keep going lower because, like, the. Everyone's. This was before even any tariffs had, like, been set. I don't know. I just was off the cbd, and I was a little nervous, and I just was like, ken, how do I sell all. I sold all of my stocks in one moment there, and then they fricking rocketed up the next day, which was so stupid.

[Mike]

And we're sitting there. Yeah.

[Angie]

Everyone was laughing at me. Everyone's laughing at me.

[Mike]

And then, dude, Evan loves this story the most.

[Angie]

Yeah. Evan show the story better, dude.

[Mike]

He loved that moment when he goes, you guys see the stock market today? Evan doesn't even have stock. He doesn't give.

[Angie]

He now cares. Yeah.

[Mike]

He just cares that CJ lost money. Yeah.

[Angie]

So. But then it ended up going back down again to actually even more past when I sold.

[Mike]

Yeah. I mean, in. In hindsight, it was the right move after seeing what it did keep going down. But that would assume that you bought at, like, the lowest point, and then it goes back up. But, like, the thing is, is you just never know.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I mean, never know.

[Angie]

I don't think it was the right move for me because then I started, like, nibbling back in. So I basically, like, sold at a spot. It went up, and then it went back down, and I bought some more. And then, like, it would have been as if I never sold. And then it went down more again. But then I kept buying. I was telling Mike. I was like, bro, now is the time to start buying. And now, you know, we are. Now we up. Now we up. This guy's getting a fucking Viper.

[Ken]

All right, so we're. We're ready. It says price 125,000 deposit 1,000. Buyer is responsible for vehicle pickup or shipping.

[Ryan]

Do you want to negotiate at all or you just will?

[Ken]

I probably should. I sent him a message there. Yeah, there was no, like, number, so I don't know if it's a private seller or not.

[Evan]

Really annoying. Yeah, you can't just call.

[Ken]

Yeah, I really would love to talk to him.

[Angie]

I'm pretty sure if you deposit that thousand, it'll at least be held in escrow by ebay. So you're good.

[Ken]

All right, let's do it.

[Angie]

Do it, Mike.

[Mike]

Let's go, Mike. Mike's game.

[Angie]

Viper.

[Mike]

Let's go, Viper. Mike, what a moment. What a moment. Live.

[Ken]

I love it. You've committed to buy this item. Pay now. The next option, buy another buy to fuck it.

[Evan]

Mike, wait, you still got Ben's card in there? Dude, just pay now.

[Ken]

I don't really think that would work. It would break it, man. My heart is beating really fast as you can imagine.

[Evan]

Is it? Oh, that's so exciting.

[Angie]

It's nerve wracking making a big purchase like that.

[Ken]

Almost the biggest besides a house.

[Evan]

Oh my gosh, Mike. Now I'm looking at it and it looks even cooler.

[Angie]

Viper.

[Mike]

What?

[Angie]

Viper. Mike, this is the most anticipated because you bought it.

[Evan]

That's what I mean.

[Ken]

It says sold. So like, basically I think if I were to say I don't want it anymore, the thousand dollars would disappear. It's not fundable. I gotta go.

[Mike]

Yeah, bro, get out of here. Go get that thing. Go get.

[Angie]

Drive it back tomorrow a little bit.

[Ryan]

Time to hop off flight to go get it.

[Ken]

I need to get a loan.

[Mike]

If money Mike wants to.

[Ken]

Yeah, I'm. This is a genuine question. It's very financial podcast here. Like, is it in my best interest to get a loan?

[Mike]

No.

[Angie]

Well, how much money you got?

[Ryan]

I mean, how much do you want to put down on it is the biggest question.

[Angie]

Depends. You got a lot of big purchases coming up. You got your wedding, you got your house remodel, you just bought a truck was paid off right now, like to get a vehicle loan, it's around like six and a half percent. It is more in your favor to pay for it all. But if you do need that money to like do other things, you're better off getting a loan. And maybe you just use that loan.

[Ken]

For six months a little bit.

[Angie]

Six months. Just so you don't put yourself in a pickle and then you. You kill the loan six months, a year later.

[Ken]

That's what I should do, I think.

[Angie]

So let's say you took the 125 grand and you kept in a high yield interest savings account that you're going to get right now like three and a half percent. So that's half of the six. So I mean, if that makes you feel any better, but generally like, that's how I would decide whether I would do.

[Mike]

Yeah. If you can take that money and make more than 6%.

[Ken]

Right, whatever.

[Angie]

@ not much risk. So.

[Mike]

Yeah, I mean you could put it in a high yield savings account and then you're making three and a half, four percent. It's like four.

[Angie]

Then essentially a pickle.

[Ken]

Then essentially it cuts your rate in half.

[Angie]

Yeah, well, in a sense, like you.

[Evan]

Would be doing it, but pull up your heart rate. I'm intrigued on that.

[Ken]

Yeah, I am too. It's not like crazy crazy, but I can definitely feel my, like my, my armpits are sweating.

[Evan]

I love that feeling, dude. The feeling of just making an impulse expensive purchase. Oh, there's Nothing like it.

[Ken]

94 beats per minute now.

[Angie]

He's cool as a cucumber.

[Ken]

Yeah, that's pretty chill.

[Angie]

Not really. I guess that's. That's like a little bit high.

[Ken]

Pretty high for sitting, I guess.

[Angie]

Sitting.

[Evan]

What's your standard resting?

[Ken]

I do it really low, actually. I mean like 50.

[Evan]

That's what I mean. 30 above.

[Ryan]

What's your siege?

[Angie]

I'm checking right now for us.

[Mike]

Congratulations. Congratulations.

[Angie]

My big money.

[Mike]

I'm so glad that we caught it on the podcast. That's. That's sick.

[Ken]

Maybe you, you guys know the feeling when you're like, I think this is the one.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Is it the one?

[Mike]

This is the one.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

No, I feel that it's a great feeling actually. And then you just like can't stop thinking about it.

[Ken]

I. I don't think I'll ever stop.

[Mike]

I know. It's the best feeling ever, bro. I'm stoked for you, bro.

[Angie]

Dude, what we need to do is obviously you should go get that thing. I think you should film picking it up. I think that obviously someone goes with to film you ride and drive that.

[Evan]

Thing back, bring it straight to end.

[Ken]

Super down, super down. Yeah, I actually. Okay, so Nth moto. I mean, I think I maybe mentioned this, but they, they only modify Vipers and they build them like crazy like 2800 horsepower and stuff like that.

[Mike]

And they have rear wheel drive cars.

[Ken]

Messed up, dude.

[Mike]

It's crazy.

[Angie]

I don't think they have traction control, do they? The one the older ones didn't like.

[Ryan]

The 90s and early 2000s. I don't think they have it.

[Ken]

So yeah, it's still a death trap, but just not quite as much. But I just wonder like if I, I would love to take it there and get something done. But I could see them being like, bro, if you're not trying to do 1800 to the wheels. Get out of here.

[Evan]

They just won at Texas 2K. The 300 or 3300 rear wheel horsepower. King bro, who's driving a 3000 horsepower car?

[Angie]

How many cylinders is it?

[Ryan]

10.

[Angie]

It's a V10. That's right.

[Mike]

Is it actually aspirated? Yeah, it is. So not that those ones are those supercharged.

[Ken]

So the big twin turbo. I think usually twin turbo, the biggest flex is to have a Viper ACR with twin turbos with rolling analog and.

[Angie]

Mike, is that a T top? Is that a T top then? So it's just full hard top. The top doesn't remove. Okay.

[Evan]

Does it have side exit exhaust?

[Ryan]

So what, what's your first mod going.

[Evan]

To be that way?

[Ken]

Well, I was just going to say. Oh, yeah. So it doesn't. Well, you guys have seen it popped up here. It has everything I want besides the big wing. And you know I love big wings. Can't lie about that.

[Mike]

So good.

[Ken]

So, yeah, I'll definitely be doing that. It's just a matter of when. But other than that, it's like, I don't know. I don't really. Well, I'll do wheels too. Wheels. Yeah, you're right. All right.

[Mike]

You can't. You can't have a bigger wing on your drift car then.

[Ken]

No, that will be first. But then probably exhaust. You got to let that V10 bark, dude.

[Angie]

This really is a special moment because you've been talking about wanting a Viper. Like your dream car has always been a Viper. And I think it's pretty, you know, the story behind it, as you already told earlier, is pretty deep.

[Ken]

Yeah. It hasn't been fully unwavered. There's been times that I'm like, this is never going to happen. There's been times where I'm just like, I should just get a gtr. I still love to own a gtr. It'll be so much easier. There's so many more out there. Dream come true.

[Evan]

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Mike in a fast, Fast Car this is your first fast car, Mike.

[Ken]

8.4 liter dude.

[Mike]

I can already see his face on the shifts already.

[Ken]

That's actually what's funny too is that they're all just six speed manuals. So like I don't have any fancy.

[Angie]

It's a driver's car, man.

[Evan]

Yeah, it is a driver's car.

[Mike]

That's pretty sweet. The manual.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Not. Not many like really fast cards like that are manual anymore.

[Ken]

Yeah. Really at all.

[Mike]

Kind of hard to come by.

[Ken]

And if they, and if they are, they have like you know, the ZR1 manual that had a seven speed. So it's kind of like a newer.

[Evan]

Yeah, yeah, just your classic six speed.

[Ken]

I wonder if it rev matches. It's a 2013, so it's 12 year old car.

[Angie]

Doubt it.

[Ryan]

Might have been before they started doing that.

[Evan]

Can you even get like a Lamborghini manual anymore?

[Angie]

No. Yeah, they stopped doing those after the Gallardo. They were pretty rare in the Gallardo even. Honestly.

[Ryan]

Maybe some of those race car only ones like.

[Ken]

Maybe.

[Angie]

No, no, they don't do this is it here yet?

[Evan]

Dude, I'm so excited. Holy shit. I can't believe you just did that. I can't believe you just bought a Viper live on air.

[Ken]

I can't either.

[Evan]

Yo, Dalton. Dude, Mike just bought a Viper. What?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Evan]

How sick is that Viper?

[Mike]

Mike, I went to the bathroom for five minutes.

[Evan]

Surprise.

[Mike]

And pack your bag because you and Mike are hopping on a plane tonight at 6.

[Ryan]

You guys are going to Ohio.

[Mike]

Wait, wait, wait.

[Ken]

We're going tonight?

[Mike]

Yeah. You didn't have anything planned?

[Angie]

We're kidding.

[Mike]

We're kidding.

[Ken]

I don't think we can get a flight that early, but maybe this weekend.

[Ryan]

5Am tomorrow.

[Angie]

Let me hold this editing tomorrow.

[Ken]

I need. I still need a walk around video of this car and I still need a phone call from the guy.

[Mike]

Mike, you gotta kick that guy in the neck. Nuts. You gotta get them down.

[Angie]

Yeah. Get there and then try to get 20 grand off.

[Mike]

You guys see that video that Nelk just dropped on Instagram where they. They go and they try and buy. Like in this instance, it was a golf driver. And then he's practice swinging. He hits the driver on the ground and it sparks. And he's like, oh, I didn't see this big scratch on this, man. I'm gonna need at least 50 bucks off. And the guy's like, you just hit it.

[Angie]

You just hit it.

[Mike]

And he's like, oh, no, this. This was there. That wasn't me. It's very funny though. You go there, freaking curb the wheels, and then you hop on. You're like, oh, the wheels are curved.

[Ken]

That would actually be pretty.

[Evan]

Like the alignment's off a little bit.

[Ken]

I could never do that with a straight face.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's just you and Dalton. Yeah, but you don't tell Dalton that you're doing this. He's just like.

[Ken]

That would actually. That would make it if you didn't know. You're like, dude, what are you doing? Where is it? It's in Ohio. So however far that is from here, that's considered Midwest.

[Mike]

Well, let me know when you make the purchase and we'll go get it.

[Angie]

Gosh, Mike, you are going to have a crazy fast Car for the first time ever.

[Ken]

Yeah. It's going to be nuts. We kind of.

[Evan]

That.

[Ken]

I'll be bringing my truck to that one.

[Mike]

Right.

[Ken]

We got a truck show.

[Mike]

You got to bring them both.

[Evan]

I feel like we're going to need friends to bring all sick when we.

[Mike]

Mob all of our cars down. Yeah. What are the dates?

[Evan]

May 17th.

[Mike]

May 17th. We have a car show slash truck show at the custom offsets warehouse in Appleton, Wisconsin.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Right outside Appleton, Wisconsin.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Here's the address of it. Here's the dates. Here's the times. If you live Honestly, within five hours, 10 hours. We're driving, like, 10 hours.

[Angie]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike]

Pull up.

[Evan]

I'm so excited, dude.

[Mike]

It's gonna be so sick.

[Evan]

Mike's new viper will be there.

[Mike]

We'll bring, obviously, all the cool cars and cool trucks that we got. Dalton's rolling up with his truck that he keeps hyping up and says it's supposed to be pretty sick. Mike, it's gonna be viper.

[Ken]

Yeah. I guess if you are. Even if you live really far away, you should probably pull up.

[Mike]

Yeah, I think it's gonna be really sick. I'm excited.

[Angie]

Yeah, it's gonna be. Yeah, definitely. Come. I think this is gonna be a rowdy, rowdy meet.

[Mike]

We haven't had a car show.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Since, what, 2019.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Really?

[Evan]

The one we did at the 20 store. Cormorant.

[Angie]

We just.

[Mike]

Yeah, the one in corn route. What was that? 2019. Right.

[Angie]

Probably.

[Mike]

I had the Corvette. No, so it had been 21.

[Evan]

21.

[Mike]

Yeah. Right after Covid then still four years ago.

[Evan]

Tom's burnout pad in the back by the propane tank. Yeah.

[Ken]

That wasn't legit. We had to tell everyone not to burn out so that only, like, five people would do it.

[Mike]

Yeah. Cormorant.

[Ken]

Are we going to have a legit burnout shut down?

[Mike]

I think we got to figure that out.

[Evan]

Be pretty sick.

[Mike]

Make it happen. That'd be sick.

[Evan]

Like, you got to toast a set of tires on that thing.

[Mike]

I mean, if you're doing a. If you're doing a meetup at custom offsets, the place that sells tires.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I. I feel like it only makes sense to have a spot to burn them off.

[Ken]

Just. Yeah.

[Mike]

Toast the tires.

[Evan]

Holy smokes. Yeah, that's. That's just.

[Mike]

And you could call it holy smokes.

[Evan]

Just good business right there is what it is.

[Mike]

Yeah. So, yeah, save the date. Put in the calendar.

[Evan]

I'm excited for it. Like, I'm actually. I'm excited to have, like, a cool car. Show like Appleton has cool car culture. I hope other people come with cool cars.

[Ryan]

It's nice. It's like right between Minneapolis and Chicago. So you can potentially get like both of those like groups of people too.

[Evan]

And I called up all my Corvette buddies.

[Mike]

Yeah. Corvette rally coming through.

[Angie]

Corvette club.

[Evan]

Those guys got it figured out. It was like a Tuesday afternoon. They were all eating barbecue, driving around their Corvettes.

[Angie]

Yeah, it looked pretty fun.

[Mike]

That's true. They did have a good thing going there.

[Angie]

Granted, we were on our way to the racetrack in our cars.

[Evan]

Yeah, that was better. More our speed. But you know, still, that was so.

[Mike]

Funny messing with those Corvette guys. It was so stereotypical too. You run intent on this thing? No. No front license plate. I see. Yup.

[Evan]

I'm trying to get jammed up by the law.

[Mike]

Makes sense.

[Ryan]

One of the dudes had like a. It was a dash cam or a radar detector. And he was talking about how you had to wire it in a specific way by a certain guy. Otherwise it voids the warranty.

[Evan]

I need to find that guy actually, because I'm sick of having my dash cam freaking with the cord all the way down through my thing.

[Mike]

You guys have radar detectors? All of you guys?

[Ryan]

No.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Does it help you?

[Angie]

Yeah, it actually does. Like, I wouldn't have gotten my last two tickets if I would have had my radar detector in my G wagon. I just left it in my truck. And that was the problem. I went a whole year without getting a ticket, which is pretty. The radar, with the radar detector, there.

[Ken]

Is such a thing as leaning on it too hard. You know, you can do that. You always expect it. Like if it's not going off, there's not anybody looking at you. But for the most part, yeah, like seven times out of ten it's saving you. Like if you get a good one off. Yeah, you do.

[Angie]

But yeah, you can't be speeding in stupid spots with it still. And then think you're not going to get caught.

[Ken]

Right. And think that it's not going to go off like they already got you. But I think it's worth it. I tell everyone that anyone that likes to speed, if you don't like to speed, there's no point, obviously.

[Evan]

But I just got it because it has a dash cam.

[Ken]

Yeah, yours is nice for that.

[Evan]

Because I was driving one day and I was like at a four way stop and I just looked right, saw a shipping truck, looked left, started driving like blew through the stop sign at 60 miles an hour. Full box truck just did it have.

[Mike]

UPS on the side it may have.

[Evan]

And it was not our boy Wade or any of our UPS cronies that we like. I figured that out. But anyway, literally, I, I don't know. I don't know if I would have like been okay after getting hit at 60 miles an hour by Might have.

[Mike]

Straightened you out, Ryan.

[Evan]

It might have. It might have. But it might have messed me up. And then so I got a dash cam that happened to come with a radar detector.

[Angie]

Cuz you would have been okay if you would have gotten hit with your dash cam on.

[Evan]

No, the idea would have been that when I got hit, it would have made the lawsuit a little cleaner when I'm freaking unable to, to tell my story of why I got hit.

[Mike]

Dude, if you got t boned by a UPS truck at 60, it was scary. You'd probably retire off of that.

[Evan]

Well, I wouldn't want to do that. But I'm also not trying to like, you know, if I was unable to tell my story and then everyone goes, oh, idiot youtuber, run stop sign and get smoked. Even though that truck was supposed to be going 0 miles an hour because there was a stop sign there. You know, you just never know.

[Mike]

That's how that woman feels that Ken backed into in Vegas.

[Angie]

Yeah. Can we talk?

[Evan]

You've been calling you.

[Ryan]

No, I actually, I, I, there have been a lot of calls that I've ignored because they call like seven times but no, I haven't gotten any. California.

[Angie]

That was so freaking. Can I tell the story from my, my. So we're on our way to go to the dunes to go film the Stark cart in the dunes and I hit a workout in the morning. I'm feeling good. I got up, I was up earlier in these guys because these guys are out late and I'm, I eat like a good breakfast. I'm like ready to go.

[Mike]

It was the night that I got locked out of my hotel room. Well, that's, I'm glad that you had a.

[Angie]

It felt good anyways, first night. So you know, you always have the choice. It's like you got two vehicles. Who do you hop in with? I normally look at the driver and who's riding like, okay, does this person, has this person showered? Who's driving? Is this a reckless driver? I'm going to hop in with Ken. Safe bet he's in the rental car. He's not going to do anything too crazy. So I hop in. I think I was even eating some eggs, enjoying some, some coffee, and next thing I know there's this like semi. It was his fault, there's a semi trying to drive through, like, Las Vegas. Like, cut into where our hotel is, and the dude went too far. So then he had to, like, just.

[Mike]

Taking a left at it.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Ken]

So just imagine the F1 trillion trying to do anything super long.

[Angie]

He basically miscalculated it and then had to cut it super sharp. And his trailer basically was super tight in our lane, and it was going to hit us, and he was not slowing down at all. So Ken throws this thing in reverse and starts backing up. And this guy keeps creeping forward, and Ken's backing up, backing up. And next thing you know, this freaking girl behind us, she, like, stopped backing up, probably because the person behind her stopped backing up. And basically, Ken just backs into this. This lady.

[Ryan]

It was a light tap, I would say. It was. It wasn't like a. I didn't even.

[Angie]

Really know we got an accident. I thought you just slammed on the brake super hard. That's what it felt like was like Ken slammed on the brake super hard, but everyone was like, oh, freaking out. I'm like, what?

[Ryan]

What? Everyone else.

[Ken]

Weird to even call it.

[Ryan]

Everyone else has to just be, like, the most animated version of themselves when anything happens. Everyone's screaming, hooting, and hollering, oh, yeah, dude.

[Mike]

You know, we bust out the cameras.

[Angie]

Yeah, we.

[Mike]

Everyone in the car hops out. They're filming, like, oh, I just got an accident.

[Angie]

I started questioning. I was like, was it worse than it was? Because I think Evan was almost trying to just make you feel bad. He's like, that was a hard hit. Like, he was trying to say it was a hard hit.

[Ryan]

Okay. So the only damage was the screws from her license plate put a little imprint into the bumper on the rental car. And then I think when I pulled away, like, her. Her license plate, like, bent just a tiny little bit, and she's, like, looking at it. She was, like, FaceTiming her mom. Her mom was like, what? What's wrong? Your car looks fine. And it was like, end of the day, nothing happened. But it was just like.

[Angie]

But she was being difficult and wanted your insurance and all this.

[Ryan]

Well, it was because people kept coming out and with the camera, and then they kept, like. Other people in our group kept, like, going back, like, to look at it in film. And then she starts questioning stuff, and it was just like, everyone in our group just kind of made the situation 10 times.

[Angie]

Imagine you're sitting there. She looked like she was leaving work, and someone just backs into you when you're sitting at a stoplight and Then eight people hop out of the thing, just filming you laughing.

[Mike]

Laughing, like what?

[Ryan]

That was probably the best case scenario of that whole situation. Otherwise that truck would have torn off the front end of that rental car.

[Angie]

Yeah, dude, that guy. What the. The freak was that guy doing?

[Ryan]

He should like, he just. That was just a street he should not have been on because it's a narrow street. That's like a one way almost.

[Evan]

I have been a guy.

[Ken]

Yeah. I mean, multiple times.

[Evan]

RVs, trailers, big rigs. When you guys are like, let's take her through the Chick Fil a drive through. And I'm in a 38 foot RV, everybody's in the back wasted, and I'm pulling a 32 foot trailer. You guys are like, I need McDonald's. And I'm so. I'm like, oh, all right. And then before you know it, you're in, you know, you're in a jama. So like, I feel for the guy. Maybe. He definitely made a wrong call.

[Ryan]

Like he could have just gone.

[Evan]

I've never done that.

[Ryan]

He could have just gone straight though. And he would have completely avoided that whole like tight neighborhood situation.

[Mike]

Ken knows the roads better than a local. It probably just made it worse. But we hopped out and Gavin is like, you know, starts moosing this chick.

[Angie]

Trying to get her number.

[Mike]

Gavin was smoothing her like, should I get her number? And I'm like, I'm like, try.

[Evan]

She's like, what, for the accident? No, for later, baby.

[Mike]

So Gavin smooshing this chick and she's like, hold on, who am I exchanging information with here? This random guy that opt out or the guy that's actually driving?

[Evan]

Oh my gosh.

[Mike]

And then Gavin got a little jealous because then like we hopped back in the car and then Ken was back there and they were exchanging information and then Gavin was like, all right, what are we even doing here? And then he hopped out. Gavin hopped out.

[Angie]

He was mad.

[Mike]

And then he goes, yeah, he was pretty fired up. He goes up to the chick and goes, what are we even doing here? Your car is fine.

[Angie]

Yes.

[Mike]

Because Ken was getting her number. That's what it was. Yeah.

[Evan]

Wow.

[Ken]

Yeah, I love Vegas for that. Like, just treating everyone like their NPCs.

[Angie]

Yeah, everyone's just a meme.

[Ken]

Yeah, there's an NPC if they see what you're doing. Like they just see it and it's out their head the next second.

[Angie]

Hopefully in the big city you can do that.

[Evan]

Except for that one girl telling stories about this car that just threw in reverse, rammed into her, and Then eight guys.

[Ken]

Clown car. Believe it.

[Mike]

It was like a clown car.

[Evan]

Remember?

[Mike]

They were all film filmers.

[Ryan]

Apparently this one redneck was really sweaty.

[Evan]

Guy kept trying to get my number.

[Mike]

And then he came out, was just a total dick.

[Ryan]

Do you want to talk about one other little surprise, or is that saving for later?

[Evan]

The one that I had shipped up here? Yeah, no, that's a surprise for later.

[Ryan]

Okay.

[Ken]

Oh, I'm glad that you just said, like, said it like that, because I caught wind that you were having Ken ship something, and I'm like, I already know too much.

[Angie]

Is it a car?

[Evan]

Not.

[Ryan]

I'm not disclosing that.

[Evan]

Do you know what it is?

[Ryan]

I actually don't. They. The person I connected you with kept it a secret, so you're.

[Evan]

Good job, Archie.

[Angie]

So how big is it?

[Ken]

Not only will Ken not be disclosing it, he is unable to.

[Ryan]

I did ask for slightly more information, and I. I just decided, you know what? It's better if he just deals with this guy directly. So I'm. I'm disconnected.

[Mike]

You are really growing, Ken. You are really growing as a person.

[Angie]

Not spoiling video bits.

[Mike]

Yeah. A year ago, you couldn't have even helped yourself. Like, you couldn't have stopped yourself if you wanted to. Ken was the king of just ruining surprises. And look at you. The personal growth is actually crazy.

[Ryan]

You know, it's kind of just got to realize, you know, none of my business to be interfering in this, even.

[Ken]

After Ryan made it your business.

[Angie]

You know, one day you'll just wake up and realize, maybe I don't want to be a little weasel. Weasel, Weasel, rat, whatever you want to call yourself, buddy.

[Mike]

Yeah, Ken, that dude. Like, as soon as we were in my office talking about something, you look out, like, down the hallway, and you see Ken looking through his glass.

[Ken]

That's what's funny, is, like, he maybe spoiled some at some point, but then there's so many. We literally make jokes about how so many times he's out of the loop. So he's like, where do I stand? You know, where really do I stand? Do I tell people? Do I not? Do I act like I know when I really don't know?

[Ryan]

There's a fine line between a need to know basis and just a knowing basis. And that line is very fun.

[Mike]

It's very blurred on Ken's end. This dude doesn't know what we're doing ever.

[Evan]

It's.

[Ken]

It's such a funny feeling.

[Mike]

We got so used to not telling Ken or filling him in on any surprises. Well, in that Just true. All the information, the importance of that. Even on stuff, he's a part of everything. Yeah.

[Ken]

It's such a weird feeling when you like accidentally find out. Let's say you guys are planning a video bit completely around me. And if I like accidentally find out. Oh, you can't un. You can't put the toothpaste just back in the tube.

[Angie]

Imagine your job but not knowing what you are going to be doing the next day. Like imagine Ken's family eating dinner. Well, Ken, what do you got going on tomorrow? No clue.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Or like you're.

[Evan]

You're.

[Angie]

No clue. No clue.

[Mike]

That's how you'd say it.

[Evan]

You're not doing anything.

[Ryan]

I know what I'm doing from 88 till 11 30.

[Angie]

Beyond that, we're going to be doing something. I know that's for sure. I just don't know what we're gonna be doing.

[Ryan]

My suspicion, it is.

[Mike]

It is crazy. Like that is actually how we operate. The less you know, the better.

[Ryan]

To a point.

[Evan]

What point?

[Ryan]

Then there's just like straight up just not telling people anything. And it's just like, dude, that's one thing that be nice to know that then finding out after.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Mike]

But you find it out eventually.

[Evan]

Occasionally. Like I'll miss a meeting too and I'll hear about something. I'm like, wait, what we. Did we decide this?

[Mike]

Yeah. Things. Things happen fast.

[Evan]

They do.

[Ken]

There's pros and cons to it. But I like strive off of that feeling. I'm sure Sydney hates it, but it's like all you'd have to tell me is like we're going on a road trip. I know we have to plan and stuff like that. Or like whatever. We're. We're going to do something cool. What are you doing there? I don't know. But I'm excited.

[Mike]

Yeah. I mean if you don't need to know.

[Ken]

And you. That is excitement.

[Mike]

Best ever. It's like you're a little kid.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

In your parents care and you know that they're just taking care of you.

[Angie]

Yeah. It's all going to be for your own good.

[Ken]

Right.

[Angie]

In one way or another. It might put you in a kind of weird situation at times, but in the long run, it's all for the greater good. It's like honestly, like the cheap car challenge. Like. Or even when Evan trolled me by getting that fake fight. I honestly felt really good about it at the end. I was like, wow, that was like. That was really exciting. Like I. I got got. I got got. Like it Felt good to be pranked. Like, I. I don't know. I don't get pranked very much. And with the cheap car challenge, like, I was mad when we'd get pranked, but deep down, it felt a little good.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Angie]

I was like, man, like, this is kind of exciting. Like, I don't know. I didn't know that was going to happen. Like, you go to. To bed, you're like, man, I hope no one messed with our car tonight. No one mess with it. You go to bed the next night, man, I hope no one messed with our car tonight. You wake up, some shit just happened to you. Like, you're like, mad, but then you're like, oh, this is, like, also so exciting. Like, you know, like.

[Mike]

And then, you know, like, okay, now I get to get my revenge.

[Angie]

It gives you an opportunity now. Like, nice. Now it opens the floodgates.

[Mike]

That was pretty much the entire time someone would mess with us, and then Ken would just be like, what if we did this? Just something outland. Like, Ken was going aggressive on some of them.

[Angie]

Let's start their car on fire.

[Mike]

I think he might have said that at some point. I'm like. I'm like, oh, Ken. I forget that Ken, like, doesn't have the best touch on these situations where he's just.

[Angie]

He's getting.

[Ryan]

Normally I'm the one being pranked.

[Evan]

So he's like, all right, how do.

[Mike]

We get our revenge? What if we duct tape the throttle so as soon as they floor it, it gets stuck wide open?

[Ryan]

No, one of them. What? One of them was going to be steal the. The head unit out of the minivan, because you guys were obsessed with the.

[Angie]

Scene that would have been funny. Got in there and just kicked it and broke. Why did no one think of that?

[Mike]

We were gonna do it, but we. What we did in. In return, I was like, oh, they're gonna be so mad. The CD would actually put them over where it wouldn't be worth it, because then they wouldn't get over it. And in hindsight, they didn't. In hindsight, they didn't get over what we did. So we should have just done that as well, because then it would have been like the cherry on top.

[Angie]

Yeah, I mean, I had ideas of what I was going to do as well, but, I mean, you guys did it, and then, you know, anyway, you guys just have to watch video. I mean, we're hyping this shit up. It's still probably another two weeks out from the first episode of it airing.

[Mike]

But also this week we're not posting a video this week because we're editing the Cheap car challenge.

[Angie]

There's just so much footage that you wouldn't have time to edit in the normal time frame that we have.

[Mike]

And we have four editors. But so don't, don't act like we're like going light on it.

[Ken]

Like, what is the upside to that?

[Mike]

It's gonna be a banger. It's just gonna be better.

[Ken]

And they'll be how long?

[Mike]

I mean, yeah, like over an hour.

[Ryan]

I know. We were over 700 gigabytes of just raw footage.

[Mike]

It ended up about a terabyte because What?

[Ryan]

We had GoPro in every car. Sony. Sony camera in every car. And then how many other cameras do we have? Rolling.

[Mike]

So many, bro.

[Evan]

Do we want to talk about a little addition? Careful with your mic here.

[Ryan]

But I've been watching it.

[Ken]

Things pretty sturdy. I mean, I would love to talk about our little.

[Angie]

What's that thing weigh? Like 30 pounds? 20. That's probably.

[Mike]

It's probably 30. It's probably 30.

[Angie]

So that's a hand carved, hand chiseled, I should say marble sculpture. It's a Greek God. The Greek God Zeus, because he likes thunder. Is it thunder or lightning? And he's holding a lightning bolt.

[Ken]

He doesn't just like it, he controls it.

[Angie]

Yeah. And as you guys know, we use lightning bolts in a lot of our designs and stuff. And then he's holding a lifewide open sign and he's got some goggles on his head. And it was sent to us. That's actually just a miniature version one of the like 6 foot 4 life size 1 that was sent to us by our buddies Garrett, Clay and Mac, who help us with our merchandise. But yeah, we'd been working with them for like a year and they wanted to do something nice. But anyways, the real one weighs 2,600 pounds.

[Ken]

I got to double down on that over a ton. It's literally hand carved out of a giant marble brick. We have a literal Greek God statue in the pine bay.

[Angie]

We'll pop some pictures and stuff above it. But the thing was so heavy and we didn't know what it was. We had a shipment of our new muck boots that Ben is wearing right now. You guys can get a cboys TV dot com. They're freaking super, super awesome because, I mean, you can wear them winter, you can wear them in the spring. They're obviously water resistant and I mean, they're just super popular. There's tons of different brands of. Of muck boots, but we think ours are the best.

[Ryan]

Like, two years developing.

[Angie]

We did. We spent a lot of time developing them. So anyways, they were sent to us in a shipping container and they put their sculpture that they gifted us in the shipping container as well. And we're like, hey, we got a gift in there for you guys. You gotta, like, unwrap it. This and that. And we initially thought it was a sculpture of Ken. We thought they a statue of Ken. We're like, no freaking way. They had a statue made of Ken. And then we realized maybe that isn't Ken once we got to looking at a little closer.

[Evan]

But it is kind of Ken.

[Ken]

It does the beard closer to Ken than anyone else, I think.

[Mike]

Did you guys see the pictures of this thing as it came?

[Ken]

Yeah, that was really cool.

[Mike]

Like, when it was a straight up rock.

[Ken]

So of course we had a million questions. And he's like, yeah, there's a factory in China right next to the mountain.

[Evan]

Even really.

[Ryan]

Open air.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Ken]

And they just chop blocks and then they bring them down to the dudes who just literally hand carve them. I still can't wrap my head around that.

[Mike]

Yeah. I would love to see, like, a time lapse.

[Ken]

Yeah. Of it that would be the most satisfying.

[Evan]

The little guys that make the. The houses on a mud and stuff. Time lapse videos.

[Mike]

I think that's fake, though.

[Ken]

Yeah. Well, yeah.

[Evan]

Really?

[Mike]

Yeah. I think it came out that that was fake.

[Angie]

They got exposed.

[Mike]

But no, I thought they had many excavators.

[Ken]

I've literally seen TikTok lives of a dude making bricks out of mud. It's pretty boring. But he's on TikTok live. So I was thinking, like, if you.

[Mike]

Guys should be on TikTok live.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Evan]

They'd make bank.

[Ken]

They should. It's a commission where they sent them this design and then he just has to chisel it out. So it's like he probably just has work and more work and more work. So I'd love to get another statue.

[Mike]

It's actually insane, the level of detail that they can put into a marble stock.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

It makes no sense to me. That's why, like, I feel like I gotta see it. It is so hard for me to wrap my mind around it not being, like, machine made.

[Evan]

I honestly, whenever I was like, it's.

[Ryan]

Marble, it's marble, it's real.

[Evan]

I was like, there's no way. Like, there's no way it's real.

[Ken]

I didn't even believe it either, because I.

[Evan]

You know, art, when you look at it in, like, the Freaking. I went to the place in New York where there's art. I think not at the Museum Smithsonian. Yes. There's. There's art stuff there, but you can't touch it in like ours, you know, you can walk right up to and touch it and like move stuff around. So it was like kind of cool to be.

[Angie]

The thing's going to outlive us. It's so solid and it weighs so much that you're not going to ever move it. One of our grandkids is going to be basically handed this thing and they're like, what do I do with this? You know, like moving it. And then where do you even put it? It's huge.

[Ryan]

Just trying to get that thing in place. We had seven guys and we were struggling. Yeah, that thing is heavy.

[Angie]

Kind of hurt my shoulder actually trying to move it. Dude.

[Evan]

My freaking grandpa was a hoarder. He built all these weird machines. He took all these good dirt bikes and made them useless and all these street bikes and made them dumb. Handed them down to me. And then now I gotta take care of this 2600 pound statue. Said it looks like one of his buddies.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Angie]

Hopefully we can leave him off with like some good stuff. So that way it counters like. Yeah, I got the freaking. This giant statue. But it's. It's hopefully still cool.

[Mike]

But it's going to be this. And then the sign that's hanging up on the wall actually right behind us. Right here in between the two shipping containers.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Mike]

That just about going up.

[Angie]

Things not going anywhere. So speaking of of us moving that thing. Holy shit. Was that thing heavy. But we've been working out hard. I should say some of us have been working out hard. Kenjamin, I am so proud of you. You've been going ham and it's just cool to see how you feeling? Because I am sore, dude. Like, we've been seriously going hard in the gym for this 100 day challenge.

[Ryan]

After the workout we did last Friday, I. I like didn't start feeling good until like late yesterday and today.

[Angie]

Dude.

[Evan]

A week.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

I was rough.

[Angie]

Big Ken's hitting the hot tub every night. Like, I just hear the thing just open up. Ken just elegantly climbing in that thing. Pink PANTHER music starts playing.

[Mike]

You could go and get a massage.

[Ryan]

I did go to the chiropractor earlier.

[Ken]

This week and that helped thing right.

[Ryan]

Immensely.

[Mike]

Ken, I think you should go and get a rub and tug that is.

[Angie]

Out of left field.

[Ken]

But his face.

[Angie]

Would you do it, Ken?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Angie]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Would you not?

[Angie]

Well, I Have a girlfriend. So. No, I wouldn't like. So if you were getting a massage and is by some Asian masseuse and she starts working her way down and starts grabbing your. Your junk, are you. What are you gonna do? Just nothing.

[Ryan]

I mean. Yeah, just see.

[Angie]

See where it goes.

[Ryan]

We can take this.

[Ken]

Yeah, but, like, that doesn't actually happen, though.

[Angie]

I think it does.

[Mike]

No, it does.

[Angie]

I know for a fact it does.

[Ken]

I thought that was just a fairy tale.

[Ryan]

No, we got a buddy that.

[Angie]

Plenty of friends who have stories like that.

[Ryan]

Well, he was saying it's like, there's, like, certain ones, and you gotta, like. Yeah, they don't all do a certain way. And.

[Mike]

Yeah, our 11 buddy called.

[Evan]

He's been a robin dog.

[Mike]

Yeah, I shouldn't say that. I shouldn't out what I should.

[Evan]

Wow. He's been there.

[Mike]

Yeah. He wanted to bring Ken when we were at his.

[Angie]

Can you say this?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Angie]

Now you've just exposed it.

[Evan]

I'm gonna bleep all the things out of who it is, but I can't believe that.

[Ryan]

I know. Was saying he got one.

[Evan]

Oh, my God, another name.

[Ryan]

Just bleep that one too. But he was saying he got him in, like, Europe.

[Mike]

No, I think that's just called part of culture. Yeah.

[Ryan]

Okay.

[Angie]

That's just part of the culture. So back to the working out now, though, Ken. So the important stuff. Are you liking it? What. What's your thoughts? How are you feeling? Do you think you'll continue on after this challenge is done?

[Ryan]

Yeah, Yeah, I. I definitely feel like I am definitely, like, improving on where I started at, and I. I think, yeah, like, I'll. I'm gonna steal that snap card and continue going.

[Angie]

Are you. Are you starting to enjoy it a little bit?

[Ryan]

Yeah. Or it's not. Like, I'm just completely dead when we're done with it. Yeah, I'm finally, like, getting some better weights and all that, and it's like.

[Mike]

You are putting up way more weight, Ken.

[Angie]

Strong.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Angie]

Strong like an ox, but it's like.

[Ryan]

I'm not, like, just completely dead like, the first couple times, whereas, like, I can just movie.

[Angie]

The thing is, is, like, the more you do it, you start to get more hooked on it, and I think you start to enjoy it more. And if you were to stop, you'll be like, dang, like, I want to get back in there. And when you hit that point, that's when you're, I think, in a really good spot, because then you'll get in there more and more and only see More and more benefits from it. But, I mean, I even read the comments, and people are Compton a lot about, like, man, Big Ken is really, like, slimmed down. Like, he's looking great. And it's true, man. It really is. So, I mean, it's. It's just. It's cool to see.

[Ken]

It's been fun. I think it's, like, just so awesome and will be really awesome to see us at the end and then hopefully we just continue that. But yeah, like, to your point, I never liked the gym. I still don't love it, but you'd like it more. The more you go, the more you like it. And then also, like, I ate, like, a lot of fried food, just, like, burgers and fries and this and that. My cholesterol was really high, actually, really high for how, like, not overweight I was. But when you get done working out, like, you don't want to eat burgers and fries. You want to eat, like, fruits and vegetables, because why would you want to, like. And some people work to offset that. That's fine too. But, like, yeah, it's just like, why would you want to eat like shit after you worked hard.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Ken]

To offset that. Which seems really obvious. Like, it seems super obvious, but, like, it.

[Aura]

It's.

[Ken]

It's cool actually feeling that.

[Angie]

Yeah, you're feeling good. So you don't want to put in your body and not feel as good. That's the thing. Once you start, like, truly starting to feel better and better and better, it makes it harder to, like, eat, like, and, like, stay up super late or, you know, do things that make you feel like, because, like, you're just like, man, like, I felt so good and I was enjoying myself when I felt a lot better.

[Mike]

100 day challenge is going good, though.

[Angie]

I like, yeah, been going ham, man.

[Ken]

How many days do we have left?

[Mike]

I don't know. 50? We're probably. Probably about halfway through. Yeah.

[Ryan]

Right around half.

[Mike]

Yeah. Everyone's been hitting it pretty hard except for one guy, the short one. Yeah. I think Evan's prides himself on. On actually not stepping foot in a gym.

[Ryan]

His training regimen's about to start. Like, now all the snow is starting to melt and.

[Ken]

Right.

[Ryan]

Which finally get his dirt bike out there.

[Ken]

Yep. And if we ever get our dozer.

[Mike]

Back, what is the status of our dozer?

[Evan]

You know, I was wondering on that. I made the call and got all the stuff fixed. We did some aftermarket parts, some OEM parts.

[Mike]

So we bought a dozer for $20,000 from our buddy Rich, who Called me and was like, dude, this is my old Dozer. It's a great deal. You got to buy it. It just needs a little bit of work. And I was like, well, how much work? We talk. And he was like, a couple grand. And I was like, all right. I take your word. You wouldn't do us wrong.

[Evan]

We get it. The track is loosening up. We can't even really drive it because we were worried about it. So I'm like, all right. And I sent it to a local dealer because none of us know how to work on a Dozer. Neither do the wrenches. And to be fair, I told them, go through this and just tell me what needs to be done on it. I didn't say, you know, all right, give me the cheap fix. I wanted to know what was wrong with it so we don't have to pay 1200 bucks in another month to ship it back. Now, get it fixed. So they went through the entire undercarriage, the bad blades, all the leaking hydraulics, the missing parts, and basically came up with a bill that totals $43,570. 43 grand.

[Ken]

You hear a number like that, and you're like, don't tell me that on a $20,000 machine.

[Evan]

Well, there's no such thing as a free dog or a cheap Dozer, I guess. And so I went. I went through. And I mean, there was a lot of things that we didn't need, such as the rollover protection. It was nine grand. I guess we just can't roll the Dozer now. You know, stuff like that. But basically, what I got us down to. I don't have the. The final bill here, but it was more in, like, the 17,000.

[Angie]

Okay.

[Evan]

And that's a mix that's not putting new tracks on it, which they recommended, because if we put on the new tracks, you have to get new sprockets and do all these different things. So we got basically the bare minimum to make it work.

[Mike]

Well, there we go. That's all that matters.

[Evan]

So that's where our Dozer is.

[Ken]

It's still getting. I figured that, but.

[Evan]

But I have wondered. I'm like, huh? I hope that thing comes soon.

[Ryan]

I. I forgot. We've known that.

[Ken]

Pretty excited for it to dry up and get warm. It was 65 degrees today. We will be motoing soon, or off roading or whatever. The track's going to get some revamp. We have a Dozer. We have a skid steer. It's got a Harley rake. We just got, like, eight inches of snow. The Other day, so that kind of threw a loop. But how Minnesota springs are.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's pretty whack. We got more snow last week than we did all winter.

[Ken]

Yeah, Wet, heavy snow. Yeah, that's taking, like, too long to melt.

[Angie]

It's all melting today, though. I bet you the ice will be off the lake this weekend.

[Evan]

I was going to ask when you're going to go off.

[Angie]

Sunday, dude. I think Sunday.

[Ryan]

Let me check my ice report here.

[Mike]

We putting the jet skis in.

[Ryan]

We almost have to. So I did try and, like, walk out on the ice last weekend, and I made it about a foot and I fell. No, I made it one step and I fell right there.

[Mike]

What are you doing walking out on the ice?

[Angie]

I'll tell you what he was doing. He was breaking in his new bar at his boathouse.

[Ryan]

I. I wanted to go take a look at how it looked from the water, and I thought I could still walk out there, but I couldn't.

[Mike]

So what'd you do?

[Evan]

How deep it was?

[Ryan]

You know, ankle deep.

[Mike]

Oh, I felt.

[Ken]

Fell through.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I just made it one. Like my foot went down and just went straight through it.

[Mike]

So it was one step.

[Evan]

Maybe that was just snow and not ice.

[Ken]

He didn't know about the slush.

[Mike]

Nobody told Ken about the slush. I forgot about that meme. That.

[Ken]

That meme stems from just all of us filming outside in the mud snow slush. And we just wear, like, skate shoes and Janowski's and air force ones and dunks, and we just never learn.

[Mike]

Yeah, that's why you guys got to wear muck boots like I've been doing.

[Ken]

That is actually Ben was the first one to get those hook boots, the muck boots. And we love them. And they actually are very functional because if you're wearing them on a C boys TV film day or whatever you're doing, you're gonna be covered. As long as you're not knee deep in water, you're covered.

[Mike]

It's true. They're actually the best.

[Ken]

You can even do a kickflip in them.

[Mike]

If you can kickflip, I can't even skate. Well, Ken, you might be able to if you put these boots.

[Evan]

Are you wearing Janowski right now?

[Ken]

It's a lifestyle product.

[Ryan]

I love the slip ons. That slip ons are the best shoes you can buy.

[Ken]

You heard it here first.

[Evan]

There you go.

[Angie]

Okay, who wants to tie their shoes?

[Ken]

I used to have a pair of Velcro Janowski, so that was fun. People really roast you if you wear velcro shoes. For good reason, but I thought it was stylish.

[Mike]

That's a wrap.

[Angie]

All right, well, thanks, guys. Thank you for listening. We'll be back next week. Go to seaboestv.com pick yourself up some muk boots and we'll see you guys next week.

[Ken]

Peace.

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