We are what the world truly doesn't need, yet Another Pointless Automotive Podcast. At least we know this is a pointless exercise to the benefit of nobody. As such, this is a podcast that ranges from the odd to the mundane, the typical to the absurd topics in the automotive world. Join along and be part of the unimportant.
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Everyone knows that the power should go to the rear wheels... or to all the wheels to a lesser degree of automotive cool. What about those darned front wheel drive vehicles? Clearly they can't be any good at all. Obviously the can't carry any sporty pretensions. The fellas set out the debunk the old "wrong wheel drive" sentiment on this episode.…
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Episode #123 - Drive Anything Interesting Lately?
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I hope to hell the fellas have driven something interesting in the the recent past. They literally only think/talk/stress about cars. On this week's pod, the boys reflect upon some "interesting" rides they have piloted lately and give their dollar store hot-takes on how those vehicles performed.By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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Episode #122 - Accurately Hyped or Over-Hyped?
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Right before a new car launches, the automotive press generates a quantifiable level of hype (or measured anticipation). Sometimes, this hype level is accurate to the vehicle’s potential…sometimes, it far exceeds this new car’s actual execution. Today, the boys callout some cars that they believe to be accurately hyped or over-hyped…and how these c…
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Episode #121 - The Current Manic Used Car Market
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Record high interest rates, inventory shortages, ADMs, shady used car dealers... the current automotive market is a veritable minefield for the uninitiated... and still to is, the salty veteran car hoarders. Most people require a reliable and affordable daily drivers, but that just happens to be the most competitive sector currently. The boys exami…
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Episode #120 - Our Top 5 Favorite Cars We've Owned
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We have owned way too many cars, and most of them are not noteworthy. However, a select few are worth a damn in out collective pointless minds. Frank and Chadwick tier list it up with their top 5 favorite cars that they've held stewardship over.By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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Episode #119 - Modern Offerings (2024) with Enthusiast Creds
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Taking some sound advice from their customers (finally), the boys make their best efforts to live in the now. On this episode, they abandon their comfort zones and focus on modern vehicles that actually carry some enthusiast credits with them. Additional dealer markups and out of control interest rates be damned, let's check out some sweet cars for…
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Episode #118 - Revisiting C&D Top 10 List 1993-1997
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The fells crack open some fine-ass vintage Cars & Driver mags to reflect on the all-powerful 10 Best List... except we call it the top ten list round these parts. We've got some fantastic years to cover this week with 1993-1997 on the table. What are some of your favorites from the lists? What vehicles should have made the cut but didn't?…
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Episode #117 - Founding the Automotive UN
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Keeping with the thesis statement of the podcast, your bois sit down and craft a truly pointless creation, the Automotive UN! Pretend there's a world where each OEM had to send a model of theirs off to this United Automotive Nations coalition. Who would they send to best represent that brand on the world stage? In what might be our most pointless a…
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Episode #116 - Automotive Would You Rather? Vol. 4
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A massive waste of time, our "Automotive Would You Rather?" series gets another regrettable installment. Do the fellas contemplate committing brutal war crimes for cool cars? Pick a decade to own all their cars from? Do they finally get the pod that big sponsorship from a leading golf ball sized all natural male enhancement suppository manufacturer…
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Episode #115 - How to Pointlessly Buy and Sell Cars
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Do you exercise fiscal responsibility? Do you ACTUALY adhere to a set budget? Well bigups to you dude or dudette. Around these parts, we don't practice what we preach. Yet... somehow, we managed to pull somewhat sound advise from our chocolate starfishes regarding the buying and selling of automobiles.…
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Episode #114 - Cars that Don't Exist, but Probably Should
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The fellas take on the role of some manner of Dr. Frankenstein and try to create cases for cars that don't exist (for better or for worse) but probably should. What historical winners are making a shining comeback? Also, what god awful junkers are being summoned from the grave? Tune in to find out friends.…
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Episode #113 - We Like Big Cars and We Cannot Lie
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Keep your subcompacts to yourself... I need a car with girth. That's right listeners, this episode is dedicated to all the full size models out there (cars). We honor both floaty land yachts of yesteryear as well as modern gran touring machines on this very special and extra large episode.By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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Episode #112 - We Avoided Death in 2023!
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The fellas look back on 2023 and figure out how they didn't manage to die in some sort of automotive hording accident. They bought some cars, they sold some cars, they did all sorts of misguided automotive adventures. What does 2024 have in store? Tune in to find out!By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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Episode #111 - Taking it to The Track... Day
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Chadwick (a washed up track rat with a spotty racing background) sits young impressionable Frank (a complete track day virgin) on his lap for a track day focused talking to. The conversation gets racy as the boys banter on about various track day shenanigans. Get off the street and meat me in the sheets... I mean, and take it to the track.…
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Episode #110 - A Lexus December to Remember
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Come along and celebrate the Lexus December to Remember Sales Event with us by talking all things Lexus! Your homies kick back and discuss their personal history with Lexus vehicles. Which ones are the best?! What's the worst Lexus of all time? Deep thoughts on the SC430. Let's enjoy the only meaningful event during December together!…
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Episode #109 - Automotive Grudge Match: BMW vs Mercedes Benz
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The two Uber-titans of the German automotive scene come to fisticuffs in a knock-down Bavarian bar brawl for the ages. The M division takes a clear shot at the AGM groin with manual gearbox options, while Mercedes unleashes a furry of borderline illegal blows by way of Cosworth powered touring car sweetness. Who will claim the championship belt onc…
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Episode #108 - Screw Fleet Liquidation... Let's Buy Cool Cars
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The fellas fall off their rehab program of car selling and fleet reduction and instead start snagging up some sweet rides. In what can only be described as a roller coaster of emotions and reversal of fortunes, the boys face their fleet liquidation challenges by way of full ignorance and reckless abandon.…
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Episode #107 - Revisiting C&D Top Ten List (1988-1992)
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The fellas dust off some vintage issues of Car & Driver to see what iconic models adorned their highly celebrated Top Ten Car List. The years being reviewed in this episode are 1988-1992... and could a more industry revolutionizing period be selected? Tune in for some real gems being unearthed and discussed in this period.…
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Episode #106 - Good Cars for People Who Hate Cars
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Maybe you're not spec sheet guy, badge worship guy, nor even car enthusiast adjacent. You simply need a car that's going to turn on, run, and get you to even the most mundane of destinations with reliable frequency. We may talk about cars just right for you. Hell, we even flip the script and cover cars for you to avoid at all cost.…
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Episode #105 - 2 Year Anniversary Special!
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We somehow made it two full years with this messy word soup of a podcast! Much like in the one year anniversary special, the fellas sit down to talk all things NOT cars. So sit back and hang out as we toast to year two and talk about Guy Fieri and smoking crack.By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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Episode #104 - Mechanical Marketing Malarkey
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There's a big block's displacement worth of marketing jargon that gets tossed around quite freely in the automotive sector. That thing got a Hemi? Nah man, it's powered buy a "Quad 4". This that a DOHC or a Twin Cam motor? I can sure as hell tell it has ABS by the dozen call outs all over the body work. That's this episode.…
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Episode #103 - Regular Ass Cars that Just Aren't Around Anymore
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In his sophomore appearance on the pod, Zach Miller (of Cars & Bids fame) hangs with the boys and reminisces about once common cars that clogged the roads of America, but are absolutely missing in action today. Where have all the minivans gone?By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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With Halloween just around the corner, the fellas shine a fleshlight... ummm, flashlight (easy there autocorrect) under their chins and share absolutely ghoulish tales of terror with automotive themes. Is anything scarier than having an alternator die during a nighttime rain storm? How truly horrifying is it when you experience catastrophic and com…
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Episode #101 - Sierra Rally 4 Reflections
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The DWA Sierra Rally 4 is in the log books. The boys take this episode to reflect on their choices of navigators, cars, and their most memorable moments from the weekend. Was the Mini a wrong wheel drive sloppy mess in the technical sections? Did the S2000 wheeze at elevation whilst trying to inhale enough air to satiate the VTEC gods? Tune in for …
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Episode #100 - How The Hell Did We Make it this Far?
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It's the centennial celebration across the pointless automotive nation. The Dudes blow their 100th episode party by rambling about past episodes and dreaming of what the next 100 will have in store for them. Will they ever get sponsored by a certain uncle's bodily fluid removing cream? Can they secure Jeremy Clarkson as a guest? Tune in to definite…
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Episode #99 - The Car Toys that Made Us Real Car Hoarders
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The fellas fondly reflect on their childhood favorite automotive themed toys... such innocent playtime that would later inflict both of them with a crippling desire to amass a fleet of real cars in adulthood. What were some of your favorite car toys growing up? Hot Wheels, Micro Machines, Transformers, or something we failed to cover?…
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Episode #98 - Sierra Rally 4 Pregame Episode
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As the start of the Sierra Rally 4 (Organized by the DWA fellas) rapidly accelerates toward the boys, Chadwick and Frank and Frank both present their automotive weapons of choice. Frank details his lower mileage and well maintained Honda S2000 while Chadwick does Chadwick things, like late night wrenching sessions to get his Nissan NX2000 (which ma…
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Episode #97 - Revisiting C&D Top 10 Best List 1983-1987
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We might not be a good sounding board for electing cars for a top 10 list, but you know who is? Car and Driver. They've been compiling Top 10 Car lists since 1983. Uncoincidentally, that's right where we will start in reflecting upon their selections and critiquing them in a most unqualified manner. How many times will the Honda Accord be included …
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The current automotive landscape is dominated by the modern SUV. This, by default, makes then rather uncool. Turn back the clock though, and boxy truck-based SUVs were cool as shit... and still are. Join the lads as they reflect on some rather cool historical SUVs, and why you should consider adding one to your fleet.…
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Episode #95 - The Swinging Truck Nuts-isode
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The boys rant about some not so upstanding aspects of current car culture and then focus their ire upon snake oil accessories. The Tornado fuel saver and truck nuts are highly criticized and everyone is relieved to get those rants off their chests. Prepare to shout at your podcast medium along with the fellas for this one.…
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Episode #94 - VTEC Just Kicked In Yo!
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The DudeBros wax poetic on the wonder of Honda's VTEC system and the cars we love that came equipped with it. In the 1990s almost nothing else in the popular tuner car world was as lauded, copied, and recognized as this trick and inexpensive variable valve timing setup. Come along as VTEC kicks into our hearts!…
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Episode #93 - Forbidden Fruit with Guest Zach Miller
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Fellow strange car enjoyer and friend of the pod Zach Miller joins us to talk about some of the most forbidden fruits of the automotive world. Whether they be JDM oddballs or Ford Europe gems, we kick back and talk about all of the excellent iron never shipped stateside. Are you ready for some serious shooting break speak and TVR talk!? Come along …
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Episode #92 - APA Podcast Unscripted and Extra Raw
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The fellas smash their teleprompters and burn their episode notes (well Chadwick does at least), as they fly completely off the handle. This episode devolves into a mild interrogation of impending fleet decisions and other challenging automotive conundrums. Tune in or tune out... the choice is yours.…
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In automotive circles, we hear the phrase "slow car fast" in greatly great abundance... but let's scale that back even further and focus on "slow car slow". The boys try their damndest to detail the underrepresented segment of car culture in the week's episode.By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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Today, on your 9th favorite podcast about cars, the dudes belly up to the bar for an ill prepared discussion about Sports and GT cars. Ride along as we all collectively struggle to cook up a cogent definition of what a Sports Car is as compared to what we would consider a GT Car. Does the number of doors mean anything? Can either be FWD? Does size …
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Episode #89 - Rad Times at RADwood NorCal 2023
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The fellas had a blast at RADwood NorCal and can't wait to share their experiences with you. Did the coolest car show live up to it's name? How was the brand new venue? What are the raddest cars in attendance? Who failed to apply additional sunscreen? Tune in for the answers.By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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Episode #88 - Contemplating a Personal Fleet Liquidation Sale
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Welcome to bizarro world loyal listeners!! The boys are considering a full abandonment strategy in regards to their car hoarding tendencies. Have they been body snatched? What foul magic is the cause of this?! Tune in to find out what seemingly anti-automotive aliment has a death grip on the fellas?By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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In a problematic episode, the fellas sit down and fire various scenarios at each other. Scenarios that need solutions... two car solutions. Play along at home and see what two cars the dudes might buy if stuck living in big city with budget constraints. Will the answers change if living full time at the north pole? Is Miata still always part of the…
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Episode #86 - Daydreaming About Cars (Big Surprise)
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In an episode of the APA Podcast that can certainly be described as "Groundbreaking", the guys open up about their current automotive crushes and longings, while probing (keep it clean folks) one another's current mental health regarding car hoarding tendencies.By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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Episode #85 - Retro Automotive Video Games Memories
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Flashing back to a time when the fellas were slightly for innocent, automotive video games from this bygone era are reflected upon with much glee. Did you favorite racing game make the list? Will the boys start a twitch account purely for the streaming of these automotive titles? Tune in to find out.…
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Episode #84 - How Minivans Will Be Cool Again...
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Historically, what is cool cycles out into uncool... but finds a way back into coolness with the passage of time. Can the minivan follow this cyclic path and bust back on to the enthusiast scene? Only four minivans are currently for sale today... a far cry from the dozen options that where available in the nineties. Mass interest is certainly down …
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Crafters of some of Italy's most historically iconic and gorgeous sports cars, Alfa Romeo of Today has seemingly lost it's passion. The fellas, two absolutely top qualified candidates capable of saving such a company, lay out their plans to reignite that Italian fiery sports car desire. One thing is for certain, the Spider needs to come back... and…
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Episode #82 - Getting High on Cars with Guest Kennan Rolsen
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The dudes kick back and partake in some good old fashioned car talk with Kennan Rolsen of Cars & Bids and the Doug Demuro YouTube channel fame. A man of excellent automotive tastes and a glutton for punishment, we discuss all sorts of nonsense surrounding V8 powered Euro cars, most of which are actively trying to make Kennan sad and destitute. How …
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Episode #81 - Lethal Dose of PCP (Project Car Progress)
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The boys face some hard truths this week by laying out their fleets and all the required work to make them operational again. Will Frank drown in the Porsche 924 swap of sorrow? How much can Chadwick defend his car hoarding issues by claiming slight progress each week? Tune in to see if any actual project progress will occur.…
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This week the dudes are here to hurdy your gurdy, and get into another automotive grudge match... Swedish style! Volvo and Saab are two of the most interesting and storied brands in the history of the automobile. So what would happen if these two Swedish Titans battled it out head to head? Which OEM made the better wagon? Better engine? Which one c…
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Episode #79 - In Defense of Parts Bin Specials
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Some of our favorite vehicles are actually the amalgamation of various model's parts. In truth, most vehicles are not completely comprised of bespoke parts. Parts bin specials sometimes get a bad rap, and we're here to set the record straight and prove once and for all... that parts bin specials are more than the sum of their parts.…
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Episode #78 - Older Cars, You've Never Lost That Lovin' Feeling
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Your two favorite automotive clowns kick back and have a loose chat about what makes older cars great: features! Some are actual features like T-tops and vent windows while others are more tied into the age of the vehicle itself. Come hang with us as we talk about our love of old buckets.By Frank Harrington IV and Chadwick Atkinson
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Episode #77 -All Hail the Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
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The fellas sit down to chat about one of their all time favorite, but often forgotten about cars... the Mitsubishi Galant VR-4. With only 3000 units being sold in the states for the model years 1991 and 1992, the Galant VR-4 is one rare homologation special. So why isn't it worth a fortune? Seriously, someone tell us. We need to know.…
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Episode #76 - Automotive W.O.A.T. (Worst of all Time)
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Automakers can't churn out only hits... a miss is sure to some off the assembly line at one point or another. In this episode, the boys find these weaknesses and perform critical hits by bringing these low points to light. What's a greater distress signal from an automaker... transitioning to a re-badging operation or massive recalls? Tune in to fi…
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Episode #75 - Automotive Would You Rather? Vol. 3
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Back for a third round is one of the fellas favorite pointless automotively tangent games... Automotive Would You Rather? Once again, no holds are barred... literally anything and everything is on the table for this round. Will you be able to stomach a Ferrari F50 with infant skin leather? Or how about living with seat warmers set to max that are u…
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