Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 19 hours 39 minutes
Monterey Car Week is a ten day celebration of everything automotive! It takes place every year in California during the month of August.
For those that have not attended it can be a bit of a daunting experience, how do you plan for the week when there are so many different events taking place?
I decided to create a three part mini series to help provide a roadmap for the event...
We talk about us car nuts being part of the same tribe, well my next guest is a tribal leader! Jorge Aquino is a fellow podcaster and a true ambassador for car culture. Based in Tucson AZ he has a finger on the pulse of not only the local scene but wider US car culture and he shares this on his podcast Tormenting Tarmac.
I sat down with him, and the conversation flowed! We talked about the importance of nostalgia and how memories shape our desire for cars...
You don't get a nick name like Hot Rod Bob without a few stories. Bob Beck is a Californian car guy who's followed his passion his whole life. When people have said to him "you can't do that!" his response has been "just watch me!"
He's pretty much done it all in the car world; built and modified cars, worked for BMW and Nissan, written about cars and even raced them...
Chances are that if you're in the Seattle car community you know Matt Adair, but you may not know his story! Matt is a regular at events and the track. He's worked with cars all his life; be that selling them, writing about them or wrenching on them for endurance racing. He got involved with off road racing and was an early contributor to an event many call the "Burning Man" for Off Road Racing...
What happens when two brits sit down over a cup of tea and some digestive biscuits to talk cars? Well .... I spent over two hours talking cars with Peter Gleeson. Peter is a well known (and loved) Seattle car collector...
What happens when two brits sit down over a cup of tea and some digestive biscuits to talk cars? Well .... I spent over two hours talking cars with Peter Gleeson. Peter is a well known (and loved) Seattle car collector...
Imagine what it would be like to work in Formula One! Imagine being part of a team of super smart people, all with the same goal - to get two cars around a track quicker than your competitors. Imagine doing that consistently for two seasons and winning the highest accolade in motorsport - The Formula One World Championship!
Join me as I catch up with my good friend Graeme Hackland who is the first to admit he's not a car guy...
Join me as I catch up with Daniel and Patrick from the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA. These gentlemen are part of the wider team at the museum that are really shaking things up for the industry.
During our conversation we talk about their love of cars and what it means (to them) to work at the world's best car museum...
Join me as I catch up with Simon Hall from the UK, this episode is both geeky and eclectic. Simon was a college friend who I lost contact with over 20 years ago. The magic of social media and in particular Facebook meant I would get the odd update on his car life.
There was a lot of uncover in your conversations, classic cars, an aspiration to own a Jaguar (Jagwire) before he was 30 and doing some strange things with a car usual reserved for burying the dead...
Join me as I catch up with Ewan Dalton from the UK, a car enthusiast with a passion for significant historical Hondas, classic Alfas, and fun British sportscars. We delve into how company cars have shaped UK car culture and why it's crucial to ask the right questions before buying exotic Italian cars...