Author: Mickey

Sam Fiorani!

Published: 3 January 2023

The man who knows all about all the cars.

We are visited by Sam Fiorani, who has a background as an automotive salesman, author, show judge, industry forecaster and museum board member. We find out how to make a profit on an Austin Healey in less than a week. How does the automotive industry find out who is making how many of which product and when? Who makes the motors in today’s hybrids and EV’s? What does the ICE to EV changeover curve look like? What are the strangest doors ever seen on a production vehicle (hint: it’s not Lamborghini.) What is in the Boyertown Museum of Historic Automobiles? Did Maytag make both appliances and cars? Why might one need OEM assembly line booties? In trivia, we find out about flip-up headlamps. All this and more…

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I'll Tell You In a Second – Roadtrip Edition

Published: 27 December 2022

Dave has a special challenge for us because he missed us all horribly and trivia asks us when the rumble seat last graced us with its presence.

Dave threw down the gauntlet asking the gang to put together their very own roadtrip movie! Each submission would be scored on:

  1. The car and why that car
  2. The trip – Starting point, route, and destination
  3. The co-star and why?
  4. What’s the point of this trip?
  5. Bonus – unexpected plot twist

Ben leads off with 2 questionable (according to him) submissions. First he brings a 007-ish satire comedy through the US and follows up with a coming of age roadtrip through the US. Dawn had a slight misunderstanding, so showing her amazing ability to pivot, gives us an off the cuff Porsche flavored spy/romance cliffhanger beginning with a high school reunion based in Europe. Mickey wrestled for a WHOLE 36 hours to deliver a Miami to LA race with a very special twist. Misty draws on her love for Egypt, Brendan Fraser, and The Mummy for an epic drive from Europe to Cairo with a brief segue into why The Mummy is a true love story for the ages, followed up with a book review about women and data bias.

Who won? Listen and find out!!

We take a strange turn into cyberpunk/steampunk DnD with a cyborg Henry Ford before finally finding out which auto was the last to have a rumble seat. And a delightful time was had by all.

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Those Darn New Cars!

Published: 20 December 2022

Gen-Xers complain about left lane bandits and new car features.

After some exhaustive research, Ben lets us know which vehicles are most likely to be Left Lane Bandits and slow us down in the fast lane. The gang relates their tales of woe regarding newer vehicles and their safety features such as lane departure warnings and corrections, virtual overhead backup cameras, blind spot monitors, and reminders to keep your hands on the wheel. Misty tells us about the world’s (or at least The Netherlands’) smallest bagpipe parade and we wonder anyone will let us on TV. In trivia, we find out how to limber up our nylon parts (is it via yoga?)

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Bonus Episode: Random Topics

Published: 13 December 2022

A Blast From The Recent Past

In this casually non-themed episode from a few months back, we do a poor job of foreshadowing already released The Abby K episode, then the gang meanders around some random topics to give us their take on: Flying Ferrari F1 cars at Imola, Italy. How can we do a racing series in Antarctica? Why can’t Misty go out to her MX-5 and upgrade her bulbs to LED’s? Off-brand gasoline: does it have anything in common with a smorgasbord and does that make it bad? How does Ben like his new to him Mazda 6? Is Mickey’s newly found improvement in fuel economy due to using gasoline with a different octane rating or is it the manner in which he drove his car? Our trivia questions let us know: What was / is / will be GeVeCo service? What cars did / do / will come with a Vegan Leather interior? How many Nauga pelts are used in a typical Naugahyde interior?

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THE Abby K

Published: 27 September 2022


Abby K rocks our show.

Professional rock singer and bassist Abby K joins us for this episode and we learn: Is she the sister of Alice Cooper’s and Demi Lovato’s guitarist Nita Strauss? Why does former TTAC guest Ricky Rachtman give her career advice? What kind of cars does an up and coming rock star have and why does Abby’s daily driver need to be serviced by a NASCAR team member? What are the features of a musician’s touring rig? What was the last new vehicle sold in the USA with a 4 barrel carburetor? Was it also the last vehicle sold with a cassette tape player? We wonder who can get Abby K a gig to play at the Daytona 500 or the Indy 500? Thanks for listening!

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