New Vehicles in the CboysTV Fleet, Ken Losing 100k On His Tesla, and Ryan Chooses To be Lame

Summary

Podcast Summary: “New Vehicles in the CboysTV Fleet, Ken Losing 100k On His Tesla, and Ryan Chooses To be Lame”

Podcast: Life Wide Open with CboysTV
Date: May 21, 2024

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Episode Overview

This episode is a lively blend of business, personal anecdotes, and behind-the-scenes banter from the CboysTV crew—CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, and occasional appearances from other friends. Major themes include the excitement (and logistical headaches) of expanding the CboysTV vehicle fleet, harrowing financial losses on car trades, the perennial debate over car upgrades and gravel roads, and a humorous exploration into growing older versus staying wild. The group also teases upcoming projects and reflects on their increased local recognition and viral cash giveaway promotions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Local Fame & Media Attention

• Increased Local Recognition: With local news coverage, the CboysTV team is being recognized more in their community, which is different from the global audience they have on YouTube.
  • “The difference between, like, we are worldwide. Anybody who's on YouTube is worldwide automatically. But yeah, when we get on the local news, the amount the attention is so different and local...” – Ben (00:49)
• Media Features: The group reflects on features such as the Fargo Inc. Magazine, discussing the journey from their early follower counts to recent successes.

2. Ken’s Antarctica (Sorta) Surprise Trip

• Antarctica Prank: Ryan orchestrates a hilarious “surprise vacation” for Ken, finally addressing his bucket-list wish to visit Antarctica. The plan is a whirlwind 72-hour trip involving long-haul economy flights, connections through Argentina, and only a brief window at the destination. The bit is a blend of genuine camaraderie and on-brand mischief.
  • “So this Wednesday at 3 o'clock, you fly out of Minneapolis and you land Thursday in Buenos Aires, Argentina.” – Ryan (03:24)
  • “Get one picture with a penguin.” – CJ (05:08)
• The impracticality, cost, “hellish” travel plans, and possibility of sending Dalton along for company elicit lots of group laughter.

3. Cash Giveaway & Business Logistics

• Cash Shortages: The cash giveaway promo has the team emptying out local banks and even buying cash from restaurants and casinos. Logistics are unexpectedly complicated, creating memorable bank encounters.
  • “Every order gets some kind of denomination of cash... it’s just completely random.” – CJ (09:35)
  • “They don’t let us get anymore. I had to buy some cash from a couple local restaurants too.” – Ken (09:47)
• Bank Theatrics: Strange withdrawal limits and “odd requests” at banks make everyone groan, with staff starting to recognize their faces.

4. Vehicle Talk: Purchases, Trades, and Regrets

Ryan’s Car Buying Journey

• New Corvette (C8 Z06): Ryan announces his latest acquisition, sending the group into fits about his rapid car turnover history.
  • “Lucky nobody buys more cars than Ryan by, like, this dude has gone through so many cars.” – CJ (12:23)
• Financials & Car Trade Regret: The true cost of constantly rotating cars comes to light—especially taxes and the poor trade-in values.
  • “Trading vehicles is very expensive.” – Ryan (13:01)
  • “I know that you’re... pretty big advocate on not actually doing the math. Don’t do the math.” – Ben (13:11)

Ken’s Tesla Plaid Loss

• Massive Depreciation: Ken tries to trade in his Tesla Plaid (originally $140,000) for a Cybertruck, only to be offered $30,000 after two years. The gut punch is a highlight:
  • “They offered him $30,000. He bought it for 142 years ago.” – CJ (14:17)
  • “$110,000 gone. Dude, that's nuts.” – CJ (14:26)
  • “I legitimately could not make the math work where it made sense to trade it in...” – Ken (14:32)

Ben’s Yellow Subaru Dilemma

• Ben debates repainting his rare yellow Subaru, revealing the group’s love/hate for bold car colors and how resale value and personal preference influence decisions.

5. The “Gravel Road” Problem

• PPF and Driving Tactics: The realities of rural living seep in as Ryan contemplates protecting his new Corvette from gravel road damage, including using paint protection film (PPF) and debating whether to “drive fast” to minimize rock chips.
  • “I have a theory... when I would go to your house, I'd just drive faster because it seemed like it kicked up less rocks.” – CJ (21:12)

6. New Projects: Tracks & Asphalting

• Asphalt Track Build: The guys excitedly outline plans for a new asphalt track (“curvy driveway”), mentioning the massive $140,000 price tag for asphalt alone and envisioning all kinds of racing and drifting fun.
  • “Just the asphalt alone is going to be $140,000, roughly is what I said.” – CJ (25:59)

7. The Cybertruck Review

• First Impressions: Ken’s Cybertruck impresses everyone—even the skeptics—both for its performance and the attention it garners.
  • “I think it is my most favorite car that I’ve bought. It’s not as fast as my Plaid was... but it gets so much attention, and it rides and drives like nothing else I’ve ever bought.” – Ken (27:51)
• Durability & Unique Features: Stainless steel exterior, tough suspension, and a design that turns heads everywhere they go. The crew jokes about cleaning techniques ("bar keepers friend" and "looking like a fridge").

8. Flashy Cars and Attention

• Who Enjoys Attention Most?: Humorous debate about which member most enjoys driving flashy cars and turning heads, landing on Ben (Lamborghini, Raptor with red wheels), though Ken’s recent vehicles are giving him a run for his money.
  • “You seem like a person that wouldn’t like [attention], but, dude, Ken. Yellow Bronco, orange Bronco, Cybertruck.” – Ben (33:08)

9. Social Media, FOMO, and Storytelling

• FOMO Origins: Nostalgic comparisons between the pre-social media era and today’s constant stream of “highlight reels,” and how real-life stories used to have more impact and mystery.
  • “FOMO was really never a thing because you never saw what anyone else was doing. You’re just kind of living in the present...” – CJ (39:46)

10. Growing Up (Or Not) and Mature Lameness

• Age, Fun, & ‘Choosing to be Lame’: The group reflects on changes in their social stamina, with some (Evan, Jake) still living it up while others (Ryan, CJ) admit to choosing peace and quiet over wild nights.
  • “You don’t got to be lame. You just choose to be.” – CJ (00:14, 49:39)
  • “That’s the crazy part. But, yeah, it hurts more to hear, like, you can do whatever you want. You’re just lame now.” – Ben (50:30)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On car depreciation:

  • “$110,000 gone. Dude, that’s nuts.” – CJ (14:26)

• On local vs. online fame:

  • “When we get on the local news, the attention is so different and local... you just don’t see that when we're building a hummer pontoon. Really?” – Ben (00:49)

• On being recognized:

  • “I got recognized every spot I went today... I only went two places. I went to the bank and the gym.” – CJ (00:41)

• Ken on attention from the Cybertruck:

  • “It’s kind of weird... people at the bank this morning, the one dude was, like, just taking pictures of my car the entire time.” – Ken (31:33)

• On growing older vs staying wild:

  • “You don’t got to be lame. You just choose to be.” – CJ (00:14, 49:39)
  • “You can dance on tables at 30... it’s just maybe more frowned upon.” – Ben (50:28)
  • “Getting older and smarter is a good thing... I wish I could do that again. But if I did that tonight, you guys would be like, dude, what’s wrong.” – Ryan (48:04)

• On the reality behind the CboysTV lifestyle:

  • “People think we’re always having fun... of course, we don’t post the boring shit.” – Ben (42:04)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:49 – Local fame versus worldwide recognition
• 02:15 – Ken’s Antarctic (via Argentina) “vacation” surprise
• 09:19 – Cash giveaway promo logistics and hijinks
• 13:01 – The true cost of flipping vehicles
• 14:26 – Ken’s $110k Tesla loss revealed
• 20:09 – Gravel road life & car protection theories
• 25:59 – $140k asphalt project for new “driveway” (track)
• 27:51 – Ken’s Cybertruck real-world review
• 33:08 – Debate: Who likes attention the most?
• 39:46 – Social media FOMO vs. old-fashioned storytelling
• 48:04 – Differences between youthful partying and adult life
• 49:39 – “You don’t got to be lame. You just choose to be.”
• 50:28 – Why being “lame” is, ultimately, a choice

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Conclusion

This episode is a quintessential CboysTV hangout: mixing automotive enthusiasm, entrepreneurial antics, and introspective humor about life stages. Listeners get a transparent look at financial risks, car culture, friendship dynamics, and the everyday ups and downs that come with both running a business and simply growing older together. The episode finishes with classic self-aware banter—reminding everyone that “not growing up” is always an option, even if it requires more resolve (and more recovery) than ever before.

Transcript

[CJ]

Saying $110,000 gone. Dude, that's nuts.

[Ben]

He's a great storyteller. Most of them, we can't tell you guys.

[Ken]

I'm in Argentina for 24 hours.

[Ryan]

Yeah, keep it forever. You total it out.

[CJ]

Yeah, yeah. It's one way or the other. I should break that, start selling. You don't got to be lame. You just choose to be.

[Ryan]

Dude, it's. It's been kind of interesting lately because I've been traveling out and about, you know, I mean, the restaurants around here are getting busier. You know, it's busy seasons picking back up. But I think with all the. The local news coverage, I feel like more people are recognizing us. Have you guys felt that way when you're out?

[CJ]

Yeah, I got recognized every spot I went today.

[Ryan]

Really?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

I mean, I only went two places. I went to the bank and the gym.

[Ben]

But, yeah, I was talking about this with someone the other day. The. The difference between, like, we are worldwide. Anybody who's on YouTube is worldwide automatically. Like, anyone in the world can watch. Everybody knows that. But yeah, when we get on the local news, the amount the attention is so different and local, it's just like the weirdest thing. Like, everybody's like, oh, the scholarship. Saw you guys on the news, everybody. And like, you just don't see that when we're building a hummer pontoon. Really?

[CJ]

We were on the news. I didn't even know we were on the news.

[Ben]

Yeah, a couple.

[Ryan]

Yeah. I think Valley News did a little thing, little article.

[Ben]

Nighttime news shows.

[Ryan]

We've got. It is kind of. It's weird. We haven't had much publicity since. Or local publicity.

[CJ]

We've never really had good publicity.

[Ryan]

It is nice to have good publicity for once, for sure. But since the Fargo Inc. Oh, that's true.

[CJ]

I shouldn't say all that was bad, but, yeah, that was a good one.

[Ryan]

I was thinking about it this week. I was like, damn. Yeah, that Fargo Inc. Magazine, that was kind of cool. So I went back and I read it, you know, just kind of saw how things had changed. I remember it was crazy. We had like 600,000, 700. It seemed like we had a really low.

[CJ]

Have a million.

[Ryan]

No, I don't think so. We're just about. When they wrote the article, we hadn't hit a million, and then we really had a good. A good fall. And then when it finally came out, we were over a million. And so I was reading through, and it cracked me up. Ken in that talked about his. We had, like, bucket list items. Anyway, most of us had, like, completed our bucket list items or we're at least on the right track.

[Ben]

Obviously, Ken hasn't.

[Ryan]

And so I was thinking about how Ken hasn't made it to Antarctica. And. And I was also thinking about how we're doing this cash giveaway promo and how hard he's been working. Ken, I wanted. I wanted to surprise you with something. A little vacation from all of us boys. I'd like to surprise you with a trip to Antarctica this week.

[Ken]

Really?

[CJ]

Yeah, we're all chipping in.

[Ben]

Is the surprise happening this week, or is the trip happening this week?

[Ryan]

No, the trip's happening this week. Let me pull up your itinerary here.

[CJ]

You're going to have a blast, buddy.

[Ben]

Dude, it sucks you can't go because he. The. He's still got a lot of orders to send out.

[Ryan]

Right?

[Ken]

There's a lot of merch to move around.

[CJ]

No, no, you with that when you get back.

[Ryan]

Yeah, they'll be wi fi on the flight and stuff like that. All right, here's your itinerary. You leave Wednesday. Everything's already figured out for you. You did have to fly United. The Delta flight layovers were ridiculous, and.

[CJ]

It'S gonna be a blast, but it's.

[Ken]

Gonna be an economy on an international flight.

[Ryan]

Well, I figured you could deal with the update or the upgrades. I'm sorry.

[CJ]

Pissed about that. He has to ride economy. That's where I ride, Ken. Every time.

[Ben]

Yeah. I was like, that's literally how we fly every single time.

[CJ]

But we're gonna send you with a GoPro.

[Ryan]

Yep, yep.

[CJ]

So we could send Dalton with.

[Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, true. Dalton could go. I could book another flight. So anyway, this Wednesday at 3 o', clock, you fly out of Minneapolis and you land Thursday in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[Ken]

I land on Thursday and I leave Wednesday.

[Ryan]

Well, you leave Wednesday afternoon. You. You land Thursday morning, but. Yeah, it's part of it.

[CJ]

Oh, that's economy for 24 hours.

[Ryan]

And you can book the flight from Fargo, but I figure with your Tesla, probably needs to be down there for service anyway, so there's a couple things I still have to. Yeah, yeah.

[Ben]

No. What.

[CJ]

What do you mean?

[Ken]

I. I can see it. I'm in. I'm in Argentina for 24 hours.

[CJ]

Yeah, you gotta come.

[Ben]

Okay, that's.

[CJ]

You'll be back before the weekend.

[Ben]

If I was in a random safe country in South America for a day, I'd be pretty stoked.

[Ryan]

Yeah. You're going to beautiful Buenos Aires, right? I think that's how you say it. Something like that. So here's a. Here's a picture of the airport.

[CJ]

Wait, why are you saying I'm to Argentina when you wanted to go to Antarctica?

[Ryan]

Well, the connecting fl right to like.

[Ben]

Having to fly to LA before Hawaii.

[Ryan]

Exactly. So you can't fly right there. So you got to fly from Buenos Aires down to Rio Ghos. It's like a three and a half hour flight. I was doing some research. I found you like a nice prop plane. Oh, sorry. This is my. In my research.

[CJ]

Oh my God.

[Ryan]

Here. Here's your prop plane you'll be taking down to Rio.

[CJ]

You gotta do it.

[Ken]

Is that the same plane model that crashed?

[Ryan]

No, that was a big plane.

[Ben]

That's a bigger plane.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Here's a little info on what's going on in Rio currently.

[Ken]

Okay.

[Ben]

Down activities suspended. Why they locked down, huh?

[Ryan]

I don't know, but that's fine because you don't have to be there very long. It is a quick trip. So you hop back on the small plane again and you'll fly down to Antarctica where you'll see some penguins. Do it.

[CJ]

Get one picture with a penguin.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Wait, so. So Ryan, what you didn't realize is it's winter down there and people only like do tourist stuff in our winter. So in the summer.

[Ryan]

Oh, that's why it was so cheap.

[Ben]

Yeah, that actually makes sense.

[CJ]

You still can't go down there in the winter. What's wrong with that?

[Ken]

You can, but it's just like thought it's always like going to like go to Alaska in the winter. Nobody goes to Alaska in the winter.

[Ryan]

It is like you already noticed. Pretty quick trip because you have to get back for the weekend. We have filming and stuff like that. I don't want to miss have you miss a weekend up here. It's just a quick flight down to Antarctica. You're there for about 45 minutes. Enough to renew legendary.

[CJ]

Do it.

[Ben]

That's what I was curious. We never did get to go quite hear what you wanted down there. Or was it just like I've been to Antarctica? I think it was.

[Ken]

I. I'd seen like some YouTube travel things, whatever where they take like a cruise ship and then you like do all that stuff. And we had just taken the. The cruise with Brian the previous winter.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Oh, that'd be kind of fun. And then Covid.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I thought about doing that but it was like a, a nine day minimum and I was going to lose you.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

You can't be like it's a full.

[Ken]

Vacation for people, not just a quick photo op.

[Ryan]

No. Yeah. But you still get. This is an expedited ver. Do it later. We have the next merch drop coming up with a really big giveaway in just a few weeks. So you have to be back, obviously. Hop back on the small plane. And then you obviously are going to have to spend a little bit of time. I'm not a monster. So I did book you accommodations in Rio.

[CJ]

Apartments for two.

[Ken]

Doesn't look bad.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Apartment for two, actually.

[CJ]

Maybe we will send Dalton with you.

[Ryan]

Could explore the stunning beauty of Rio while you're down there for a little bit. And then, yeah, you should be home by Saturday morning.

[CJ]

Not bad.

[Ben]

Not bad, not bad.

[Ken]

I don't like the fact that it's 14 hours in economy and my legs do not fit.

[Ryan]

Well, you can upgrade this confirmation on international flights.

[Ben]

Doesn't for. Look, those long, let's say six plus eight plus hour flights aren't economy. Like, still. They're still not the size of like a flight to Florida.

[Ken]

They're the same seats just on a different plane.

[Ben]

Wow, that's horrible. Well, then what are the planes with the beds on them?

[Ken]

Well, then that's first class.

[Ben]

They just. So the back is still economy. They ride 10 hours.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Oh, I don't even want to know what those first class tickets are. Flying to Florida, you know, you're looking at, let's say 6, 5, 600 bucks. And then the first class is like 2300.

[CJ]

Yeah. To me it's like I'd rather just tough it out for a few hours than.

[Ben]

And have an extra two grand a blow. Yeah, almost.

[CJ]

That's me. I've never once paid for first class.

[Ken]

It's worth it when the upgrade is only like a hundred bucks.

[Ben]

But then if you taint yourself, next thing you know, you're spending thousands.

[Ryan]

I mean, I just figured this is a quick little trip for Kenny. Well, it's just nice.

[Ben]

Good of you to figure that he'd upgrade himself.

[CJ]

Well, you do it.

[Ken]

How much did you spend on these tickets?

[Ryan]

It was short notice bookings. I think it was like 2500 bucks. And that's with. That was with the connecting flight.

[CJ]

It'll be a great segment.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

How to do it, Ken?

[Ken]

I. I do have to say I have no idea where my pass.

[Ben]

Ken's like, I haven't seen my.

[Ryan]

Oh, my God. Because your passport.

[Ken]

I'd have to. I'd have to like, literally same day.

[CJ]

He's capping. He's capping.

[Ken]

No, I haven't seen my passport since I went on the cruise with Mike.

[Ryan]

Are you just scared to go to Argentina?

[Ken]

A little bit. That's. That's not exactly the safest country around.

[CJ]

We. We all just like, oh, let's go to the Bahamas this weekend. Ken all of a sudden has his passport. Oh, yeah, I found it.

[Ryan]

I'm ready to go.

[Ben]

Can you imagine? We. We're like, well, Ken's gone. We might as well go somewhere too. And then it's somewhere super nice.

[CJ]

That'd actually be a really funny video. So you'll be down there with Dalton. For you, it'll be a fun time because that's, like, what your dream is. But anyone else will be having a terrible time. And then we'll be in this, like, beautiful tropical place. Like, you'll be having a good time. Yeah. And you'll be like, hiking, like, riding economy, just all crammed in, like some prop playing, like, bouncing around. That'd be a hilarious bit. Like, I wonder what Ken's doing right now. And then it cuts to you. It's like hiking up some mountain.

[Ken]

Hilarious sounds like my idea of 72 hours in hell.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Well, I wanted to get you a little break. I know. You know, we did this little cash giveaway thing. You've been working so hard. We have a big giveaway coming up, so this is a nice little break for you. Right in between.

[CJ]

Also our biggest giveaway yet.

[Ryan]

It is kind of crazy, though. So we did this cash giveaway, and you guys loved it way more than we expected. And we've taken all the money from all the local banks around here.

[CJ]

We, like, have cash shipped in.

[Ryan]

It was putting.

[Ben]

I wasn't expecting.

[CJ]

Every order gets some kind of denomination of cash. So either $5 to 500. So, you know, some people are getting 100, some 50, some 20, some are getting 200. You know, it's just completely random.

[Ken]

We fit every bank and probably a 50 mile radius. And they. They don't let us get anymore.

[CJ]

They were a little short with me, really, when I was getting some cash from this one bank today. Well, Ken goes, yeah, they're only letting us take a thousand out a person now. And I was like, what? And then I go, there lady would only let me do a thousand, but she wouldn't let me do any, like, small bills.

[Ryan]

So I was like, couldn't do the five.

[CJ]

So it's just hundreds. I was just like, what the lady like? And then she was like, yeah, manager saying that, you know, you guys taking, like, too much cash out.

[Ken]

I had to buy some cash from a couple local restaurants too.

[CJ]

Really?

[Ben]

Yeah, dude, Justin called the casino, asking the homies.

[CJ]

That's smart.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I say we go there and we just double it, put it all on red, come out with double, and then come home.

[CJ]

Not a matter of money. It's a matter of the cash. Can we get our winning hard cash?

[Ryan]

Man, it is kind of funny. Like, you walk into the bank now and. And I saw it too, today. Like, they groan. They know you're about to come in with some odd request.

[CJ]

I know they don't like it.

[Ryan]

It's weird because you think you. You have the money, you would be able to get it. And like, I understand they need to keep fives for other businesses and tens and twenties and whatever, but still, I would. Thought you'd be able to get your own cash.

[CJ]

Yeah, it is weird that, you know, you think the bank would have the cash. They don't.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Like, if you want to withdraw all your money into cash, you couldn't even do it. I mean, depending how much money you have.

[Ryan]

But yeah, I just ran into this, so I. I guess we can tell the podcast people first. I bought a car.

[CJ]

Yep.

[Ben]

I'm jealous.

[Ryan]

C8. 06.

[Ben]

Really jealous.

[Ryan]

Yeah. So I'm very excited.

[CJ]

Like, what's it even look like? I haven't seen it yet.

[Ryan]

Yeah, let's pull it up.

[CJ]

Lucky nobody buys more cars than Ryan by, like, this dude has gone through so many cars.

[Ben]

Me sitting next to him.

[CJ]

No, but he has gone through so many cars. How many cars like you haven't gone through?

[Ben]

Nearly his.

[CJ]

Because I can't get brand new and sick. Yeah, I've only. I've never gotten rid of a car.

[Ben]

Really?

[Ryan]

You own every car.

[CJ]

So my very first car was a 96 Jeep Grand Cherokee. That was my parents, but it was given to me. And then I drove it and it got handed down to my younger brother. He crashed it or he got rear ended, totaled it didn't crash it too. Yeah, I crashed it too, but. But he got rear ended and actually totaled it out. And then the only other vehicle I've ever gotten rid of was my WRX Blue Wrecks that I hit two deer with going like 80 miles an hour and totaled out. So I had to in order to get the insurance. But otherwise, every single vehicle I have had, and I keep it.

[Ryan]

You either keep it forever, you total it out.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's one way or the other. I should break that, start selling.

[Ben]

I just picked up my car from the storage unit, which is also funny. We have a storage unit that's usually packed full. There's nothing in it besides one Evo and some things on the shelf, but we're. We're eyeing up the Evo.

[CJ]

I'm gonna move some more cars in there. Hold on to for forever.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Nobody has done more than Ryan, like, how many brand new vehicles have you had since we had this channel? I shouldn't even say brand new new. But, like, during the course of this channel, you've had your Scion, you had that white F150. You had the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, and then you had your TRX, Camaro, TRX again, Hummer, Corvette. Now that's eight vehicles.

[Ryan]

Very expensive. Trading vehicles is very expensive.

[CJ]

Yeah. And you got to pay tax on them when you buy them. So, like, I mean, well, that's $100,000 vehicles. You got 10 grand or tax right there.

[Ben]

I know that you're. You're pretty big advocate on not actually doing the math. Don't do the math, because then we'll know. But I just want to know, like, are you getting just shafted on some of these, like, new vehicle registration, tax title, license prices? Because that's what deters me.

[Ryan]

Yes.

[Ben]

Even like the. Yeah, the Bronco right now, it's like the most expensive car I've ever bought. Like, and I don't want to get rid of it yet because I feel like I'm just going to get shafted on tax, title, license. I don't know.

[CJ]

You. If you trade it in, then you can avoid the tax, but then the problem is you normally get dicked on the trade in.

[Ryan]

Because they'll just.

[Ken]

Getting dicked on trade in.

[CJ]

Yeah, I mean, we do it.

[Ben]

We do, actually.

[Ryan]

About it. Oh, last week.

[Ben]

Yeah. No, but I'm on the video. But not on the podcast.

[CJ]

Or is it 80 grand? No, no. You lost 110.

[Ken]

No, no.

[Ben]

I talked about when it was at 60. Then they came back. He's like, they came back and gave me another.

[Ken]

They gave me another offer for $30,100. So 140,000.

[CJ]

So, Ken, I mean, people saw it in the background. You got your cyber truck.

[Ken]

I did.

[CJ]

But you went to trade in your Tesla Plaid. $140,000. Tesla Plaid. It's super fast. The fastest car in the fleet. It's very nice. Got 11,000 miles on it.

[Ken]

17,000 miles.

[CJ]

17,000 miles on it. Nothing beat. He went to trade it in on the cyber truck. They offered him 30,000. He bought it for 142 years ago.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Two years.

[CJ]

That's insane. $110,000 gone. Dude, that's nuts.

[Ken]

I legitimately couldn't. I could not make the math work where it made sense to trade it into. It just didn't.

[CJ]

I'll buy the car from you for 32, and I'm gonna give it to you.

[Ben]

Yeah, but you always.

[Ryan]

I'm in for 33.

[Ben]

You keep saying I. Dude, I'm in for 60, bro.

[Ken]

Selling, like, retail for 80.

[Ryan]

They were trying to take their. Your money from you.

[CJ]

You guys, we had two awesome cars coming to the fleet in the last week, which your car is not here. I'm looking on the screen. This is sick. Rhyme.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I'm really, really excited.

[Ben]

I'm really. I don't know why. I loved, loved, love, Ben. C8. I. I like C8s a lot. And.

[CJ]

Oh. So is it white or is it not white interior?

[Ryan]

White.

[CJ]

Oh, it just nice glass roof. But is that loaded? Then that's everything.

[Ben]

Yeah, dude, I'm just like. I don't know what it is. I love, love the Lambo. Love the gtr. To me, those are just like, those cars will always be cool. Like, you know, I could buy a GTR in, like, 10 years, and I'll.

[CJ]

Buy, like, a fucking. A 1990 GTR, and it'd be cool.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

But that car right now, in my opinion, is just, like, the coolest. I don't know why. It's just.

[CJ]

It's taught.

[Ben]

It's brand new. Yeah. And so I am. Yeah, it's awesome.

[CJ]

I'm excited to get a ride in that bad boy. Dude.

[Ryan]

So am I. Because I bought it actually two weeks ago. I sent all the money out, which actually goes back to the bank thing. I didn't realize this. Like, I had checks that were pending. I had to pull money out of a high yield savings account because I'm financially responsible.

[Ben]

Kind of.

[Ryan]

Kind of. Obviously.

[CJ]

I don't know if that is obviously.

[Ryan]

Not the opposite, but, like, you can't get your money.

[Ben]

That orange Corvette.

[Ryan]

You can't get your money. Like, if you. If you walked in the bank and tried to just be like, I need to take my money out, they'd be like, you can't do that. Like, they wouldn't let me send a wire for this. They were like, oh, you can send a max of like $10,000 per day. I was like, wait, how? How am I. They're like, we don't have that type of money.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's crazy. No, I know exactly what you're saying. Like, I mean, I have some. That's in, like, different investments that the problem is. If I need to access it. I don't know if it might take a month even. Yeah, just depending on what. What kind of investment it is. So, like, I've been just kind of holding on to a lot because I'm trying to find a house when it pops up, and I just need to be able to act quick.

[Ben]

But yeah, those that don't know CJ is homeless right now, so.

[CJ]

No, but I mean, like a different, you know, a house of my own. Because right now we, us three own a house together, and Ken and I live there. But. Yeah, that's badass, Ryan. So is that gonna be faster than Ben's Lamborghini?

[Ryan]

I think so.

[CJ]

That's rear wheel drive.

[Ben]

I'm assuming that's badass.

[CJ]

How is a rear wheel drive car gonna be faster than. I mean, obviously, but, you know, I just find it hard to believe. Normally it's. It's very tough unless you got a lot of horsepower, but still, it's just hooking up. And, you know, I always look at these, like, 0 to 60s. I search stuff like this all the time. And they're all different.

[Ryan]

Yeah, they're always.

[CJ]

Because they. They track it themselves. So, like, if you find motor trend, they do a 0 to 60, and they're like, we got 2.5 seconds. Then you look at whoever else and they're like, 2.9. I'm like, that's a pretty big difference.

[Ryan]

Here's one of the things it said 2.5.

[CJ]

2.5 for Ben's Lamborghini. That car's fast. Not as fast as my GTR.

[Ryan]

They're saying 0 to 60 and 2.6.

[Ken]

That is insane.

[Ryan]

Right up there.

[CJ]

Barely. But who knows? You could still probably beat them.

[Ryan]

I mean, without Ben races, dude.

[CJ]

Yeah. It just comes into who can shift better.

[Ken]

I mean, as long as you can find the floor, that's really all you got to do.

[CJ]

That's make sure you hit the right pedal.

[Ben]

I think that's what I love Most about the Z06 is that it's at high revving. The new V8. Can you, like, still not really mod the. The C8 regular C8s?

[Ryan]

No, you can. You can mod them, but you can't do the Z06s. They're like, they're.

[Ben]

No. Well, I guess. Yeah, I figured that too, but I just still like a C7 or any other LS motor. Like before that. You can do whatever you want. You can everything under the sun. But then the C8, it seems like.

[Ken]

They could, like, completely lock down the ec.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

It's mostly that you can still do Lingenfelter, does superchargers. They have turbo kits.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Isn't like some weird, like piggyback off a sensor to kind of make everything work right?

[Ben]

Still like that? That's. I guess what I was wondering if it's still like that piggyback and if it works. It works.

[CJ]

So there's two things I find interesting about this, this new car purchase. Ryan.

[Ben]

Okay.

[CJ]

There's two, like, different viewpoint. Well, I have three. First off, I'm just happy for you because I think it's. It's super cool. Like, I'm jealous. That's a sick car.

[Ryan]

Thank you.

[CJ]

I just think it is absolutely hilarious that you have. You bought a black trx, put all, did all this work to it, traded it on this Camaro two years ago and you were like, oh, it was such a mistake. Like, what am I going to do that fall? You buy another TRX again, so for even more money. So you lost money on the first one. You buy another one brand new, you do all this, tags and whatever, do all the same mods to it for pretty much.

[Ryan]

Pretty much.

[CJ]

And then you do it again. You do it again. You traded your TRX for this, which I just. Oh, you traded it. Yeah, to save tax. And so, yeah, what they give you on trade in for a TRX?

[Ryan]

90.

[CJ]

90.

[Ryan]

Would you buy it for 101?

[CJ]

101, that's.

[Ben]

That's not bad.

[Ryan]

I mean, I put a lot into.

[Ken]

It and the car market's gone down a lot in that time.

[Ryan]

Really bad, man. But yeah.

[CJ]

So are you going to get another TRX now this fall or.

[Ryan]

No, I. My goal is to just be content.

[CJ]

I'm just surprised you'd get rid of it, though. Wasn't that a great truck?

[Ryan]

Yeah, it was. I loved it.

[CJ]

What was the issue?

[Ryan]

But it was. I didn't, I didn't need. I didn't need it. I love my Hummer, my electric Hummer. So now I have the vet and the Hummer. I'm not selling the Hummer because if I got rid of all that and then I only had the vet, then I'd be in a sticky situation. I'd end up with the old Hummer. Damn. I've owned a lot of Hummers.

[CJ]

Oh, yeah, I forgot you had that Hummer. So you technically had nine vehicles, if we're counting. Yeah, everything. But what are you going to do about this gravel road situation?

[Ben]

Because.

[CJ]

Because I'm sure a lot of listeners are country boys as well. That live on a gravel road. So Ryan lives on, like, two miles of gravel.

[Ken]

It tore up the paint on your. Your ram.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Now that. That sails all the way through. I think we could say that.

[Ben]

But then the second ram, the first one, no ppf was bad. The second one, ppf.

[Ryan]

And it's fine that the PPF is toasted, but really.

[CJ]

So what if you ppf this Corvette?

[Ryan]

Okay, so I think that's my plan.

[CJ]

And you're gonna drive it on the gravel.

[Ryan]

Let's say Alondra and I go out on a date night. We go to Fargo. If. If I have to. If we have to drive here, get my car, then drive to Fargo, then drive here, and then go back to the house. She's gonna be like, let's just take my car. And then that will be dumb. So on situations like that, I will drive it down the gravel road home. But, like, I'm not gonna take it home every day when I'm only driving. Right. Four miles and two of its gravel. So if. If I'm coming from a place, I think I'll just ppf the whole thing and do it.

[CJ]

I have a theory, though, with gravel. So when I was just daily driving my Evo, when I would go to your house, I'd just drive faster because it seemed like it kicked up less rocks. And then you don't get as dusty because you leave it behind you.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I. I do.

[CJ]

That goes faster. I mean, it might work out. Or just PPF that thing and rally it.

[Ryan]

Cut to me, dude.

[Ben]

Just drive 75 so many cars. I would agree with that exact PPF it and rally it. Not that one.

[CJ]

I don't know, but, man, I'd love to see it. That'd be so badass.

[Ben]

Agree with your theory, dude. I. I grew up on a gravel road, and when you're driving a car that you don't care about how dirty, sandy or whatever it gets, and you don't care about the paint, driving on gravel is borderline more fun. But, yeah, the interesting thing is when you drive slow on gravel with, like, the TRX or the Raptors, you get the rocks, they get stuck in your wheel, in your tires easier. And then when you get out onto the car, you fling them, and that's where your chips are coming from.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

So again, I think if you are going faster, but not so fast, like, ripping that, you're spraying it up on yourself. I just hate.

[Ryan]

I mean, the truck tires has, like, big knobs that grabs more rocks.

[Ben]

It does.

[Ryan]

Corvette doesn't have that They're a little flat.

[CJ]

That's true. But, I mean, just run Hoosiers.

[Ben]

Those are sticky enough that you'd still grab them.

[Ryan]

Yeah, but, yeah, I don't know. I'm pretty excited. But I. I actually sent all of the money to purchase that car, like, two weeks ago. We're going on two weeks on Monday. I've had all that money out, and the shipper just, like, has dropped the ball on me, so it's stuck in Texas. I was thinking about having Uncle Rich drive it back, and I might do it for the plot. Just have him hop in that thing. He's coming here to.

[Ben]

He's on, like, a plane right now.

[CJ]

Send him back when he lands. Hey, you know what? Go back and pick this car up and drive it with his.

[Ken]

Plane takes off in two hours. If you do want to have him do it.

[Ryan]

Yeah, no, I've been talking with him. Like, he's it. He probably literally is on the way to the airport, and he's like. I don't know. He. He was stoked. He's like, dude, I'll do.

[CJ]

It would be so uncomfortable in that thing for 20.

[Ryan]

That's what I was thinking. He might. He might hate it a lot more.

[Ben]

Than he would smoke so many cigs in there.

[Ryan]

It comes back, is all beat up and smells like cigarettes.

[CJ]

Cigarettes.

[Ken]

She's got some nice burns in the carpet.

[Ryan]

Yeah, there's some ashtray burns in the. In the white center console.

[Ben]

So funny.

[CJ]

Yeah. That's gonna be sick, though.

[Ben]

That Dozer that we got, Rich, is coming up tonight, and. Fresh dozer. Brand new Dozer. Couldn't believe it.

[Ryan]

It's a. I think they send that to us because they know it's gonna be on video. And, like, we have a good relationship with that company, so they're like, let's send a fresh Dozer. And I'm always like, no, not a.

[Ben]

Scratch on the blade. It's so satisfying because those things last for so long, you know, years and years and thousands of hours. So seeing it brand new is interesting. And, yeah, Rich is like, can't wait to smoke so many cigs inside that thing. However, it doesn't actually smell because the windows and the doors are always open. Yeah. Like, it just goes outside. But, like, man, he smokes like a chimney.

[CJ]

So Rich is on his way up to build a new track for us. Or also known as a curvy driveway.

[Ben]

That's the cool part. A lot of people see the dozer asking questions. Yo, guys, got a new track. Rich is coming new Track. And I'm like, yeah, but this tracks.

[CJ]

It'S gonna be a track we've never built before.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

So it's going at the farm and I mean, as you guys can kind of imagine what kind of track it is, it's going to involve asphalt and. Yeah, it's gonna be legit having like. I mean, we're just adding more and more tracks and like scenes basically after this, there's maybe just like two more types of tracks we could build. And then we're kind of got all of it covered.

[Ryan]

Yeah. What else would you build? What's the other two?

[CJ]

Well, drag strip.

[Ben]

Proper drag strip.

[CJ]

Proper drag strip. Probably a oval track.

[Ryan]

You're right.

[CJ]

Like a. Like a circle track. And then we'd probably need like an enduro track. So that'd be like three.

[Ryan]

And then can we build one of those, like those jet boats? You seen the jet boat racetracks we.

[CJ]

Start carving out and we cut into the earth and fill it with water. That would be sick.

[Ben]

But yeah, I mean, don't get just tied up on like drift track. It's like gonna be so much more than that. Like, it is obviously drifting, but then like anything, we take the shifter carts out. We, you know, modify shifter car and put a toilet on it. Not like anything.

[CJ]

Yeah. And just cars like Corvette, you could take it out and like, you don't even. Like, I'm sure you'll be sliding it, but also like you could probably just literally rip around on it.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

You know, like it's a pretty big. We were mapping it out and it's gonna be a big, big curvy driveway for sure.

[Ryan]

But we're trying to make like more areas that we can use that are away from everybody else we have control over. Yeah.

[CJ]

Not cheap. Not cheap. No, no.

[Ben]

Like if in a perfect world we would be concreting it, of course. But yeah, we're trying to take all the precautions. The laying down the gravel, laying down fabric, packing it down, getting good asphalt.

[CJ]

Just the asphalt alone is going to be140,000 roughly is what I said.

[Ben]

That's. So that's track.

[CJ]

That's just the asphalt. Not. Not the grading, not like the. The everything like. Like gravel and rich prepping it and all this, you know. So like probably have close to 200 into it by the time.

[Ben]

So we're not doing the driveways in this state?

[CJ]

Not yet.

[Ryan]

We're like. Nope. The curvy driveway that isn't used as.

[CJ]

Totally driveway, but totally valid.

[Ben]

I just figure it's like so Many people talking about asphalt, it's like, yeah, once you get them out there, you know, the more you do, it does. It's just getting all that equipment and.

[CJ]

I mean, yeah, maybe we'll end up doing it. We'll see.

[Ryan]

I think we have enough where it's probably still worth it for them to come out.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's for sure. Yeah. Gonna be legit, though. That's for sure. That's excited.

[Ben]

I'm excited. I'm. I'm gonna probably go from not sucking to being halfway decent.

[CJ]

I know. Well, that was one thing. When we were out walking it, like, we're trying to estimate. Like, of course we're figuring it out as we go.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

And we're like, okay, let's put a turn here and this and that. And some of the people were, like, going kind of narrow with it. I was like, no, like, make this thing wide. Because in one week, Mike and Jake are gonna be tandem drifting next to each other. And, like, you don't want it to be too narrow where they can't do that. And we're like, oh, we spent all this money, and it's kind of like, it's almost a full drift track. But it. It's still fun, though. But, yeah, like, I just don't want it to be like a. It's still cool, though. I want to just be like, it's sick. It's like a legit, don't want to professional drift track.

[Ben]

I think I'd rather, like, mess up the turns a little bit. Like, oh, this turn could have been a little tighter or this one should have swept out more. I would rather have that be the issue than have the track too narrow.

[CJ]

100.

[Ben]

We don't want to feel like it's too narrow. It's, like, stupid. I can't even drift this because it's too narrow.

[Ryan]

Did we bring up Ken Cybertruck?

[Ken]

Well, I briefly.

[Ben]

I want to hear your genuine thoughts on it and then, like, us share ours because it blew me away.

[Ken]

Picked it up this week. I think it is my most favorite car that I've bought. It's not as fast as my plaid was.

[Ben]

Right.

[Ken]

But it.

[Ben]

Obviously, it's just.

[Ken]

It gets so much attention, and it rides and drives like nothing else I've ever bought.

[CJ]

Dude, honestly, there's not. Like, with your model Y, there was so much, like, jokes. We could make the jelly beans with your. With your ex. Obviously a hundred times better, but still kind of like, it's easy to kind of put a little joke joke at, you know, it's kind of a. But this thing is. Honestly, it's so you. But it is so cool.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it actually is.

[CJ]

And the performance. Unbelievable. Ken was ripping this thing. It looks.

[Ben]

Eating it all up and.

[CJ]

And it was like the perfect time of night too. It looked like a video game. Like, I was like this even like, just like the. It looked like the saturation was just cranked up. And this thing did not look real, but it shreds and it drifts on a rally track so well. It even jumps well.

[Ken]

It handled it better than my Bronco did. Because even the Bronco like.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

And that thing. Just a little air suspension relief. Yeah, that was it.

[CJ]

I really hope. I think it will just show on video really well where it. Like, you know, nothing against your hummer rhyme, but like, it was. It was really cool to watch in person. But on video it didn't. It didn't really translate because you had no engine noise. But the way Ken was hanging it out and drifting and then throwing so much dirt.

[Ryan]

Dust.

[CJ]

Dust and everything so cool.

[Ben]

Sick. That you like. I'm not gonna say you can't roll it, but man, to the. Is the center of three wheels. Yeah. But I remember when we were doing it, everyone's like, are we gonna roll? Because you were full crank. So like in a normal vehicle and dude, in anything in TRX or Raptor whatever, you would roll, especially in that catchy grass. But anyway, we like three wheeled it a few times. I'm like, we're not even close to rolling because they have such a low center of gravity. But like, yes. 7, 500 pounds on the air suspension, just soaking it up. It was crazy.

[CJ]

It's amazing though, that thing. Like, obviously you have a lot of trust in it, but just the out. The outside, you know, being. What is it made of aluminum?

[Ken]

It's. The entire outside is stainless steel.

[CJ]

Okay. Yeah. I loved how you got out there and didn't give a shit. You were ripping rocks, were hitting it. You didn't care one bit. And then you go and look at it. You can't tell anything because it's just stainless steel.

[Ken]

People like put scratches in them. I think it's. You just take like a Scotch Brite Pratt and just scuff it right back out.

[CJ]

Really? You should have Alex wash your. Your car now because she's always cleaning the house and wiping down the fridge.

[Ryan]

And supposed to clean it with bar keepers.

[Ben]

Yeah. Like stainless steel cleaner.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And stuff.

[CJ]

Like, so have that thing looking like a brand new fridge.

[Ryan]

Dude, just add it to like The. The cleaning routine. Like, when you clean the kitchen and you do that, you have the fridge.

[Ken]

Stuff and just go out in the garage and clean my car.

[CJ]

No, it's. It's really cool. And there's something about it. When I see the front end coming towards us, I think it kind of looks like you can. It looks like your face kind of.

[Ben]

The jokes are never ending, though. Like, I didn't even think this one was that funny. And Dalton takes a picture of the dumpster and goes kind of the same thing. And I was like, yeah, body line wise. Yeah, I get it. My favorite part about all of it is that we have a lot of funny contraptions that we pull up to Zorbas in or do whatever. A lot of funny contraptions that we bring out to the few people of cormorant. That one has people tripping harder than anything.

[Ken]

Nobody knows what it is.

[Ben]

Yeah, they. They can't not look at it. Whether they know what it is, whether they know a ton about it, not know anything.

[Ken]

Like, they're just, like, driving around in that thing. I get so many weird looks from people.

[Ryan]

You know, it's interesting, Ken, you don't seem like the type of guy to like all the attention that I would bring.

[Ken]

It's kind of weird. Like, the people at the bank this morning, they were like, just. The one dude was, like, just taking pictures of my car the entire time.

[Ben]

Who do you think likes the most attention for driving vehicles out of the boys?

[Ryan]

Evan. Dude, look at his car, dude.

[Ben]

But I'll be real here. He's like, we're always like, you're the guy. You look. Look at your car. You drive an El Camino that's donked out. He's like, let me be clear. I didn't do any of that. I didn't pick that car. I didn't customize it. I didn't pick the color. I didn't pick the wheels. I didn't pick the color of the wheels. So there is that. But he. You're right. With the Donk. Still probably does love it. When we were dressed up with the pimp costumes at the snowmobile race, driving it, he was like, yeah.

[CJ]

I mean, Evan loves attention, that's for sure. But when it comes to. They get the vehicle and they're, like, hoping for everyone to, like, notice them driving around. He's not here right now, but, I mean, it's kind of obviously, Ben. He's got a Lamborghini and then a Raptor with red wheels.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it's true.

[Ben]

I mean, I think he does take the cake.

[CJ]

I'd say. I'd say I was maybe second. But also, like, I'm not. I don't know how much of a debate I make. Like, all of my vehicles that I've driven are flashy. They're not really flashy. And most people don't even know what they are. Like, like, if I run into, like, an old man that actually notices the car, and they're like, what kind of car is that? This thing is that fast? I'm like, oh, yeah, yeah, it's pretty fast. They're like, what? Who makes that? I'm like, Nissan. And they're just like, oh.

[Ken]

I think walk away. I think the flashiest thing about your GTR is probably the exhaust. With how loud?

[Ryan]

Loud.

[CJ]

But otherwise, yeah, it's really not a flashy car. And my Ford Raptor is far from flashy.

[Ben]

But I do agree.

[Ryan]

Ken does the same one.

[Ben]

You seem like a person that wouldn't like it, but, dude, Ken. Yellow Bronco, orange Bronco cyber truck.

[CJ]

That's true. That's true, Ken.

[Ben]

Bright blue hatchback.

[CJ]

You always got crazy colors.

[Ben]

Bright red wrx.

[Ken]

I always buy the cars in the. Like, the. The press colors, like, whatever. Whatever. Like, color. The car is where they take marketing, because it looks the.

[Ben]

And it's like, dude, yeah. It's so much easier to sell a bright colored car, as long as it's not trash. Yeah. Well, I actually read. I didn't know if I agreed with this, that there was an article that Motor Trend did or someone that said yellow cars are the easiest to sell. And I was like, I find that.

[CJ]

So hard to believe. There's something about yellow cars that as I get older, I just.

[Ryan]

It'd be.

[CJ]

It's harder and harder for me to.

[Ryan]

Want to buy one.

[Ben]

Right.

[CJ]

Because it seems almost girly. Like, even like a yellow Lamborghini.

[Ben]

I'm just like, could you pick between a yellow Huracan or a white or a black?

[Ken]

You say yellow car, and I automatically go to a yellow Volkswagen Beetle.

[Ben]

I don't know.

[Ken]

The only car I can think of.

[CJ]

Definitely girly.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

I mean, there's no Volkswagen Beetle. That's not girl.

[Ryan]

Why did Theo von.

[CJ]

Did someone have a yellow car?

[Ken]

I mean, my last Bronco was.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I was thinking, my Subaru's been gone so long, we forgot it's yellow.

[CJ]

But that. That car looks cool.

[Ben]

Okay, I have a genuine question. So the car. It got a fresh paint job when I bought it. It's. It's always been yellow. So that, that means something. It's a little rare and it is getting a full repaint again. Doing all kinds of stuff to it. The car is getting a full repaint and he's like, what color do you want to do it? And I'm like, no, yellow. He's like, are you sure, dude? We can do any color under the sun. I've never had the opportunity to like have a car getting repainted, so I'm like, any color.

[CJ]

What are you gonna do?

[Ben]

I don't. I.

[CJ]

You're not doing yellow, aren't you?

[Ben]

No, I think. Well, I'll just. I'll just. I'll be honest. I think I. It needs to be yellow.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

But I thought about doing like, like a pearl yellow. Like, nice. I don't know. I don't know what to do. I'm wondering what you guys opinions are if it was white or blue or black or whatever. Yeah. I would just completely screw that. I don't need it. That same stock color, but yellow Subaru.

[Ken]

Like, it's such a rare color for that car too, because they. They didn't import many into this.

[Ben]

Right. And then now it's like a, you know, it's not like true sti, but Yeah, I don't know what to do in general. And the engine bay will stay yellow.

[CJ]

I'd probably just stay with the color that it is personally. But it would be cool for the video if you, you know.

[Ben]

Crazy color.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

It's gonna be funny because, like, I did so much stuff too, but I'm like, still gonna pull up and be like. It's gonna look relatively still. It's still an 03 WRX, you know.

[CJ]

It's cool though.

[Ben]

Yeah, it's cool.

[Ryan]

Guys have any bad habits you picked up lately?

[Ben]

Yeah. Eating too much maybe?

[Ryan]

Actually not even like a bad, bad habit, but like something that's a bad habit that actually isn't bad. Like, I've started topping off my gas tank for some reason.

[Ben]

Really?

[CJ]

That seems random.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it's like a random bat. It's like a bad thing to do.

[Ben]

It's a great example.

[CJ]

Like, why would, like, you're pulling over and it just seems like a waste of time.

[Ryan]

No, like when I'm at the gas pump and it stops and then I just like keep filling up and then it like goes again.

[Ben]

Oh, I love doing that.

[Ryan]

I think I started on the last road trip when we were getting freaking 4 miles to the gallon. I was like, this half gallon could be the difference between us getting stuck somewhere.

[Ben]

Yeah. So like if, when it stops, if you let it chill for a minute, two minutes, whatever, and then the bubbles go down, you can fit quite a bit more in there.

[Ryan]

Especially with diesel, you gotta like pull.

[Ken]

The, pull the filler out just a little bit.

[Ben]

You can fit quite a bit more in there.

[Ryan]

Yeah, but I thought you meant like.

[Ben]

You'Re at like seven, eight of a tank and you're like, ah, I don't have anything better to do. Swing in and get some gas. That's not actually bad.

[Ryan]

My buddy in college used to do that. And like, granted it was college, we didn't have much money, but like he would go, and his car was always on E, but it was like a thing that he would go to the gas station every day and put 10 bucks in and he made plenty of money to just fill up the tank in his car, but he would always just put like 10 bucks in, 20 bucks and never would fill it up. We'd be like, dude, you're wasting so much time. He's like, I don't know, I'm gonna get to go to the gas station.

[Ken]

I suppose I've done that before only because I wanted a car wash and I wanted to get the car wash a little cheaper if you buy gas. So you put in like a couple gallons of gas, like three bucks off.

[Ben]

The car wash. That's one thing I've always wished on someone. Like, if I wish someone very well, I very well to me means I wish that when you go to the gas pump, you fill it full. You fill, you never have any reason not to fill it all the way up, no matter what price that gas is. That to me is like you're doing well. It's always, it genuinely is. It's tough going to the gas station, putting on 15 bucks, you know, because that's all you got. You know, when I was in high school working like that's how it was. Like you never. I didn't ever fill my gas tank all the way full. It was just like whatever I had on me, whatever I made in tips from delivering pizzas, like, that's what I was putting on.

[Ryan]

You were a cash guy, so you had, you had your like 25 bucks and.

[CJ]

Or you'd save. Yeah. Because you're kind of like, oh, yeah, we're going out to eat tonight with the, the boy. So I need to save like this.

[Ben]

So maybe 30 bucks, maybe, maybe I want to park my car and we could ride together or something.

[CJ]

Yeah, I forget about that. Like just ride sharing and shit.

[Ben]

Yeah. Just because you didn't want to use your.

[CJ]

You and, like, me and my friends. Sometimes it would be like, I drove last time. So, like, I'm not driving this time. Because you were like, I'm. Do you know how much gas I'm wasting?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

I don't even remember last time I thought about wasting gas.

[Ben]

Which is a.

[CJ]

It's a beautiful running around here, which.

[Ben]

It is.

[CJ]

It is. You look at the boat.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Crepes.

[CJ]

The boat burns, like, six gallons an hour.

[Ben]

That's another. That's a math thing that I don't like doing. Like, oh, yeah, gas. I mean, you were the first one. We went out on your boat all the time and didn't help out much. And you're like, yeah, dude. It's. When you say, oh, yeah, it's not free to run the boat, that's a horrible statement because it's the opposite from free, you know?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

It's, like, astronomical. I don't know if I ever said this, but, like, when you bought a boat, cj, I was so excited because there's a saying, you know, you're the best day of boat ownerships when you buy it, when you sell it. And then you're all like, I know we have talked about this a little, but when you're like, we need a boat, we need a boat. I'm like, dude, I'm not trying to pay one third between all of us. Like, I'm not into it. I think we'll be chill. I got a jet ski, whatever. And then you just go and buy a boat. And I was like, let's go.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Yeah. I don't have to.

[Ben]

Yeah, Like, I didn't have to. Probably should have helped you at least detail it. I remember, like, I chipped in for a gas a few times. Did you? It.

[CJ]

Oh, thank you.

[Ben]

That's it. Like, you know, like, literally two times over the whole summer. And then. And you're. You're having to deal with cleaning it and gassing it up.

[CJ]

Yeah. Boats aren't for sure.

[Ben]

Selling it was a nightmare, too. You sold that to your lost a.

[CJ]

Lot of money on it. I sold it to my dad.

[Ben]

Well, I still lost a lot of money because you gave him the homie hook.

[Ken]

You almost got. You almost got scammed trying to sell that. I don't know.

[Ryan]

Oh, yeah, that's right.

[CJ]

I probably could have got more for. But he liked it, so I gave him a good deal. I wonder, like, if FOMO is more of a new thing, because you go back way before social media or has it gotten worse. FOMO was really never a thing because you never saw what anyone else was doing. So you don't know if they're having a good time or a bad time. So you're just kind of living in the present with whatever you're doing. Yeah. Not constantly seeing what everyone else is doing.

[Ben]

FOMO wasn't. It wasn't happening. Currently. It would only happen if I got back to you guys on Monday.

[CJ]

Later, man.

[Ben]

Friday was just insane. Yeah. Then. Yeah, but it's already done. It's already done.

[CJ]

So you're not having any. Like, you're not like, sitting there like, oh, I should be here right now. Because you're just.

[Ken]

You're not getting those live Snapchats of, oh, these people are doing this at this place.

[Ryan]

And the other thing, too, like, even going back to last night, it was a pretty chill night in the boat. We cruised around, we jumped in the water. It was cold, like, pretty nice. But if you looked at Alex's story, there's like three stories. Us jumping in the water going like, oh, hooting and hollering. Dalton dancing to loud.

[CJ]

Yeah. You think it was just a wild time.

[Ryan]

That looked crazy. It was such a crazy Friday night. Like. No, it was actually fairly chill. So you're. You're seeing the highlight. Yeah. Of everybody.

[CJ]

That's with everything, though. I mean, no one's gonna show you the boring.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

You know. Yeah, that's not fun to watch.

[Ben]

I think that's why stories used to be so good. And I'm talking not Snapchat Instagram stories. I'm talking real stories. Because then you'd almost verify it. Dude. Hearing. Yeah, well, yeah, you can exaggerate as much as you want, man. Ben would love living in the 80s, but you can come to your buddies at work on Monday and tell them a story and they're actually interested. They're not like, oh, dude, I saw that. That looks so fun. They're like, what happened next? What happened next? That's what I mean, dude. Evan loves just getting. Just getting in a. Just.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I don't even know. Getting wild something and then making a story and then telling it to everyone. He's a great storyteller. Just most of them, we can't tell you guys.

[CJ]

Yeah, Like, I always. I do always enjoy when he comes back. Back out here on Monday and, you know, he comes rolling in all hungover, and then we go, well, what happened this weekend? And then he's got this, you know, 20 minute story of, like, this whole thing, and it's always entertaining. We should have a camera down there, man.

[Ben]

That. I think that is a good point. Circling back to what you said. Fomo, when you're seeing stories is not. It shouldn't be as real as maybe it feels for you. Same for. I was talking to this guy at a grad party, and he's like, oh, yeah, I see your Snapchat sometimes. You guys are just always having fun. Fun. Always having fun. We've said this before. No, we're not. I think it's cool that people think that. But, I mean, of course we're not gonna post the boring shit. I'm not gonna post, like, snaps while I'm, like, in my office.

[Ryan]

But then as soon as make that.

[Ben]

Look fun, I might run downstairs because Evan started up the. The trials bike, grab a clip of them, run back up to my office. Then it looks like I'm playing all day. Even football or, like, golf. Yeah. They get paid a lot of money, but, like, the stress, everything, like, there's no one gets paid to play all day.

[Ryan]

Did you guys see that? Scotty Scheffler, the number one golfer in the world.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

That's got arrested.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

So what was the deal? For a tournament, dude, he's going to the tournament. I look, gets arrested.

[Ken]

So there was, like, a car accident. And, like, you didn't know that some kind of police officer was trying to direct traffic, and he was trying to get into the golf club, and they.

[Ben]

Were letting other golfers go by. They were supposed just the golfer.

[Ken]

So then he basically, you know, drives past, and this cop, like, I think it's had, like, 30 yards or something, and this cop, like, grabs onto his car, tries to get in, and then, like, arrests him, essentially.

[Ryan]

Yeah. There's.

[CJ]

So the cop was over the top. Now he's getting trouble. Top. That's. Dude.

[Ben]

Because he didn't know who he was. Yeah.

[Ryan]

Yeah. I think there's a bunch of differing stories. Of course, I'm sure it'll. It'll come out as it goes. But, like, there are stories that the copy. It was in the verbiage that the cop attached himself to the vehicle. Like, he grabbed onto the car, and it's dark and raining, so he, like, kept driving, probably not knowing that the cop was attached to his car.

[Ben]

So then he got, like, fleeing.

[CJ]

Oh, my God.

[Ryan]

Yeah. And it's funny. They've been interviewing him. They're like, when did you know that you were gonna make your tea time? And he's like, when they came out and let me out of jail, he's like you're sitting there. It's not like I have my phone. Yeah, like someone telling me what's going on. I'm sitting in a jail cell and then someone like came in. They're like, all right, you're good to go.

[CJ]

So is he still jammed up or is like, like, does he have to deal with legal consequences?

[Ken]

I think he was out the same day because that was a drop.

[Ryan]

No, I'm sure he's probably, he's still charged.

[Ben]

I agree, probably is. But like he's, he's chilling. Like he's gonna be chilling.

[Ryan]

He's not playing very well. Dude.

[Ben]

Oh man.

[Ryan]

He's in. He's tied for 20 ace. Oh man, 20 million bucks, dude. 20 million bucks.

[Ken]

Well, he can blame it on the cop then.

[Ryan]

Can you imagine, dude?

[Ken]

Put him in the wrong mindset.

[CJ]

Yeah, one time. Just gotta find the first person to blame. One time when I was like first driving and I had my license at like 14 and a half. Because back then you get your license really young. Anyways, I'm driving down this road and there's like this big stop, you know, whatever. And there's police officers, this guy out guiding traffic. And I didn't quite understand where he was directing me, so I just turned, which apparently was the wrong way, and he was. Starts pounding on my. What the you doing? I'm like, like, I don't know, like this like young kid and I just. That made me think of it though. But yeah, dude just started going ballistic, like hitting the freaking jeep. And I was like, bro, what are you doing? But then I was all scared. That is how to do like a three point turn to get out of there.

[Ryan]

Oh man.

[Ben]

Well, dude, some cops or people of authority will wonder how people can be so stupid. But sometimes people are so intimidated or whatever. But let's just use the word intimidated by cops that they're not thinking.

[CJ]

You start. Yeah, because now you got this dude like breathing down your neck.

[Ken]

Like you're trying to pay attention to them. So you're not paying attention.

[CJ]

You're trying not to do something wrong. And then dude.

[Ryan]

And even, I mean, I surprised myself with my own stupidity daily. Honestly. Like sometimes I'll just go like, damn, I can't believe I'm that dumb. I did. Did. Normally a generally small mistake, but it happens. Who do you think's worse? Worst driver? 15 year old kid who just got his license or a 75, 80 year old man.

[Ben]

80, 75.

[Ryan]

Like who's more of a danger out on the road? An old Person.

[CJ]

It depends. It depends because some of these kids are driving really recklessly. Like I'm driving really recklessly and fast. You're actually more of a hazard, I'd say. But I think across the board, I'm sure, obviously like the 75 year old could get in many more accidents, but they're going so goddamn slow. It's like it's just a bing little fender bender. Whereas like you got a kid speeding around, ripping. I had a couple close calls when I was young, like 17, 18. Like, you know, you're driving fast and like you get just lucky. Yeah.

[Ryan]

The thing.

[CJ]

So that's I would describe as lucky.

[Ryan]

I remember driving my TC in a snowstorm down the downer road, which is like a country highway. And it was full blown snowstorm, multiple inches of snow on the road. And I was late for basketball practice. I was driving like 90 because heaven forbid I'm late for crushers.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

And I was thinking about, I go, if I did that right now in my truck, there's no way I'd make it. And I was like, the only thing that got me through that was my mother's worrying about me and some luck, dude. Like, there's no way I could do it again.

[CJ]

I just remember like doing like really tight. Like I'd be like trying to beat like, like maybe the right lane ends and then like I'd end up like literally cutting over within inches of cars. Like it could have been so bad. I did that a couple times. How stupid was I? And then just like driving too fast at night. Like just. Yeah, can't see. And which ended up not working out very well for me. End up piling up that wrx. Yeah. So stupid. So I don't know. Depends if you have a dumbass kid that wants to roll the dice, which I think there's a lot of them and I do not recommend doing. It's not worth it. Yeah.

[Ryan]

As a man who's rolled the dice, it's not worth it.

[CJ]

Yeah. Yeah. You know, you sometimes win and other times you lose.

[Ryan]

Getting older and smarter isn't is a good thing. Generally, I think I'm probably, I'm for sure safer than I was. And I make better decisions. But also sometimes I look back at like even Alex sent a picture of me at your 24th birthday. Or video. I'm standing on the desk hooting and hollering. I go, man, that looks fun. I look fun then. I wish I could do that again. But if I did that tonight, you guys would be like, dude, what's wrong.

[CJ]

I'd like to see that. I'd like to.

[Ryan]

I maybe could. I maybe could do it.

[CJ]

You know who still lives life that way? Our buddy Evan.

[Ryan]

Evan and Jake, dude, they're just maniacs.

[Ken]

I think they are the epitome of never growing up.

[CJ]

I just love on Thursday night. Evan is super hungover on all day Thursday because he was drinking Wednesday night. I don't know if I'm saying too much, but anyways, he was having a good time. He was just hanging with the boys. And then he, you know, Thursday rolls around, video drops. I see him. He's like, yeah, I've been feeling like all day. I'm not drinking tonight. All this. You guys are like, all right, let's go to Zorb. He's like, yeah, I'm coming, but I'm not drinking. Four hours later, I get a picture sent to me. Evan standing on the sign. The sign's like 12, 14ft up from the ground. And he's standing on a little 2x4 up there, flicking off the camera. I'm like, oh, not drinking, huh?

[Ryan]

But like, it always happens too, because we're smart or just lame. However you want to.

[CJ]

Look, we're in bed. Yeah, we're in bed.

[Ryan]

Sleep. And I wake up to it at 7am Because I can't sleep anymore through the night. And I wake up and I go, damn, looks like Evan had a crazy night.

[CJ]

To be fair, though, Evan's older than all of us, so.

[Ryan]

That's true.

[CJ]

It's just. It's just your own. Your own doing, Ryan. You don't got to be lame. You just choose to be.

[Ben]

That is. I think that's the hardest thing to hear. And that's. That's just directed at you.

[CJ]

It's not. It's not. It's not. It could be me too, as well.

[Ben]

Very well.

[CJ]

Me.

[Ben]

Alex, your girlfriend had the snap of our filmer Dalton, who is. He's dancing on the boat. And you said, oh, to be young and full of energy. And I was like, yeah, yeah. And then I was like, wait a second. You gotta meet my friend Jeff. Yeah, he's older than all of us. Keeps dancing. He dances just like that. And then I thought about Jeff and I was like, yep, you just gotta be. If you want to be it. You gotta be a Jeff. Also. He comes naturally. He's got dancer, and he is full of energy, weirdly, and full of confidence. But you can dance on tables at 30. It's just maybe more frowned upon.

[CJ]

You can do whatever you want.

[Ben]

That's the crazy part. But, yeah, it hurts more to hear, like, you can do whatever you want. You're just lame now.

[CJ]

I know it does. Like. Like, I could very well go do that, but I. I don't know why I don't. Because I'm lame. I'm just lame now. I don't want to be hungover on the next Thursday morning.

[Ben]

And that's a big one. Not being hungover is a powerful thing.

[CJ]

You need that sometimes.

[Ryan]

Some days. You know what? Frick it. Let's turn the page tonight, get wild. I knew we're gonna go get wild.

[CJ]

We'll get a picture of you standing on wearing the shirt.

[Ryan]

Yes.

[Ben]

Don't grow up.

[Ryan]

It's a trap.

[Ben]

I don't know what you're. Dude, if we got a picture of you on the Zorba sign tonight, that would cherry. It would be the top of this.

[CJ]

I can't imagine Ryan up so high.

[Ryan]

I don't think I. It would be unsafe.

[Ben]

Keep in mind there's no ladder. Evan climbed that like a monkey.

[CJ]

How do you get up there?

[Ben]

Like, he literally, like. Like on the beam. He's like, I can get up there. And, like, no help, no nothing. Just climbed up.

[Ken]

Did he just jump down or what'd he do?

[Ryan]

The power Red Bull.

[Ben]

Yeah. Swung his way down into the swamp. Dude. Also, there was, like, 30, 000 bugs flying around the lights that were illuminating the.

[CJ]

Yeah, he threw up. He said after.

[Ben]

Yeah, they, like, flew into his mouth, his eyes, his sweatshirt, everything.

[Ken]

I think when I drove home that night. They look like clouds.

[Ryan]

All right, fellas, thanks for watching and listening.

[Ben]

Peace out.

[CJ]

We'll see you next week.