VW Jawbreaker : Garage-Built Soul - Gary Miller Ep29

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All right, welcome back to Dub Life Diaries, the podcast where the air-cooled

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stories just continue to flow.

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Today, we've got a guest who's not just wrenching on classics,

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but also wrenching on hearts, too.

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He's the face behind VW Jawbreaker, a YouTube channel with more than 16,000

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subscribers that's turning everyday garage time into a movement of generosity,

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community, and pure BW love.

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Now, he says he's not an expert, but he's built a tribe of people who probably say otherwise.

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Gary Miller, welcome to Dub Life Diaries.

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Thank you, sir. I appreciate it, man. What's up, my friend? Good afternoon.

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Lastly, before I get into you, Gary, before we get things kicking,

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I just want to ask the community for a little bit of help.

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Obviously, I'm new. The podcast is relatively new.

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You know, I'm all about the community, but I need a little bit of support because

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I'm trying to grow the social medias and the YouTubes and all that stuff.

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And if you know or listen to the podcast for any reason, spread out just a little

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bit and go look for all my socials.

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I'm on like LinkedIn and YouTube and, you know, Instagram and Facebook and just

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all of those and like the page or follow the page or subscribe to the page if

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it's YouTube or just whatever. Just help me grow this thing.

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Guys, the VW community is why I do this. We are all in this together.

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That's all I have to say there. I'll shut my mouth now and get it back to my

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main focus, which is you. So back to you, sir. All right.

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Let's start at the beginning. I want to know what got Gary Miller hooked on

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Volkswagens in the first place. Wow.

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That's going back far. That's going back real far. And I'll try to make it short

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and sweet. You know, Joe, when you're a kid, you're very impressionable.

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And the next door neighbor had a friend of his named Bruce.

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Well, next door neighbor was at Bruce's house. They got in an argument and next

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door neighbor decided to do donuts in Bruce's front yard.

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Dang. At like two in the morning, right? So a couple days later,

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the house phone rings, you know, and dad answers and looks at me and goes,

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go next door to see if he's home.

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I come back over. He's not home.

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Bruce goes, do not call the cops. He goes, paybacks are you know what. Yeah.

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So next thing I know, I hear this up the street and I just looked at my dad

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with this huge eyes. I was like, dad, what is that?

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He goes, Bruce custom builds sand rails. I went, what's a sand rail?

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Like I said, I'm seven, eight years old, nine tops.

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And he just pulls up in the front yard, his huge meat's on the back, got to be 12 inch wide.

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And he just let that four cylinder start screaming, dumped the clutch,

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catwalked through the front yard and dirt's just flown everywhere.

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There was like, it was, it was like a tornado.

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You know what I mean? A rooster tail comes off. Yeah, a massive rooster tail.

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And I'm like, what the heck? I look over and there's two ruts 12 inches wide,

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about four inches deep through the next door neighbor's yard.

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Oh, you know, so, you know, fast forward a couple hours and,

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you know, the neighbor comes home and he's like, whoa, what the heck?

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And he's out in the front yard screaming.

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My dad walks over to smiling and neighbor looks at my dad and goes,

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man, I guess I deserve that one.

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So he, you know, jumps on his phone, calls him, you know, and I'm landline,

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you know, cordless phone landline, you know, it calls them. And about 20 minutes

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later, Bruce comes pulling back up again. And I'm just standing there drooling over this thing.

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And dad's just kind of standing next to me, looking at me like, yeah, man, this is cool.

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And, uh, I mean, I'm talking, the frame is metallic, you know,

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gloss black powder coat, got a metal flake front nose on it.

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You know, that's, you know, custom fiberglass hand laid.

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Everything's custom built by this guy, big old motor out back.

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The floors are not expanded metal. Remember the old like Chevys and stuff like

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that with the wood grain beds?

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The floorboards were actually teak and polished stainless. So it was striped.

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Man, it was just incredible. I kid you not.

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He would take it to a mud drag and win on Saturday, take it home,

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clean it up, and take it and go win shows on Sunday.

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This thing was incredible. So anyway, so, you know, he noticed me just gawking

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over this thing like, oh, you know, a kid in a candy store.

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So he's like let me take him for a ride

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my dad's like go for it bruce so he fired it

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up took me down the street i remember the the rumbles and

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you know from the big tires and the sound of the big air-cooled engine and the

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exhaust and the stinger and he turned the corner and just punched it and the

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whole front end just comes up he catwalks first and second gear and i'm just

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from that point on man the sounds the screams the engines oh man it was amazing Oh, that was amazing.

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I want a damn sand rail. That's what got me hooked. And to figure,

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I've never had a sand rail.

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So what was the first VW that you actually owned yourself?

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Ah, that wasn't until years later, I actually bought a 71 Super Beetle.

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And I say I bought it, it was kind of, I commandeered it out of somebody's backyard.

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And yeah, it didn't, it never made it far from, other than getting it home to the driveway.

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It was, car was so far shot, it barely ran, rusted out.

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Funny thing is, it was my wife's first car. She drove that car in high school.

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Oh, wow. That's kind of cool. So yeah, it was really cool, but yeah,

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it fell on tough times, you know, kids were little and the whole nine yards

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and yeah, it just, it just kind of sat by the wayside and then ended up selling it.

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My first was in high school, 96. I got a 72 standard Beetle auto clutch out

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of the Tyrone Mall parking lot down here in St. Pete, Florida. It was like two grand.

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Oh, wow. Yeah. You don't, you don't see that anymore. This was 96 though.

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You say you're not an expert, but you know, your, your channel,

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you know, obviously people look up to you, people trust you.

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Where do you draw the line between having experience and having expertise in the VW world?

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That's a tough one, to be honest with you. I don't really think there's a way

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that you can say, I don't honestly think there's a single expert out there. All right.

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You may You may be really good at paint and body, but you can't build an engine.

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You might be, I mean, the wiring genius, but you can't bolt on a fender.

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You know what I mean? So, you know, for me, I'm not an expert.

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I'm kind of that jack of all trades, master of none. I never claim to know everything because I don't.

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There's always so much more I can learn. And there's so many people out there

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that have gotten me to where I am today.

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And without those people, I wouldn't be here right now.

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I wouldn't be talking with you right now if it wasn't for those people that,

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you know, help you along through your journey of life. Yeah,

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that's also really a super positive attitude toward the whole big picture.

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Typically, in what I do professionally or what I've done professionally for

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work for many years, a lot of consulting, a lot of coaching and training,

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you look for people that want to develop, and then they seek out you as a coach or a trainer.

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But one of the first questions you ask them are, are you coachable?

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Are you willing to learn? And it's a very serious question. A lot of people

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say they are, but they're not.

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You're like leading with the fact that, hey, man, I'm here. I'm ready to learn.

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And that's a lot of what I'll do too. Like in the videos, I will tell people,

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hey, this may not be the best way to do this.

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This may not be the one all cures all, but this is how I'm doing it.

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I'm going to show you the results that I get. And from there,

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you make your educated decision and you move forward on your project how you feel you need to.

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The whole YouTube thing, like when did it hit you to start documenting the journey

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publicly? You want the real answer?

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Yeah, for sure. My son bullied me into doing it. No way, man.

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That's awesome. He's 16 now. He was, I don't know, seven or eight at the time.

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And, you know, he was doing YouTube, streaming, you know, video game or whatever he was doing.

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And he goes, dad, you're always out here working on stuff. You need to record it and put it on YouTube.

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And I'm just, I looked at him like, you're a moron.

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You're a kid. What do you know? All right. And, you know, one thing led to another

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and he kept kind of like, dad, come on, you need to record this.

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You need to record this, man. I don't know. I don't know.

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And then I was watching Easy Jeezy.

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And you know he said something to the effect of you know get out in the garage and work on your project,

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Or something along those lines. And then I was like, yeah, I'm getting ready

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to easy. Don't worry. I'm getting ready to.

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And then I clicked over to a VW Darren video.

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And he goes, get out in the garage and hit record.

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And I was like, wow, is that some signs or what? I'm getting bullied by my little kid.

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I got Easy Jeezy and VW Darren telling me to go out there and record.

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I'm like, okay, I guess I'll go out there.

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And I've actually had conversations with both of those guys.

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You know, I've watched both of those way longer than, easy-jeezy,

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I've actually watched longer than I've had Jawbreaker.

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You know, it was just, it was one of those things where a Volkswagen thing popped

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up and I'm like, I love Volkswagens.

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I don't have one yet, but I love Volkswagens. And I'm watching them and I just,

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for some reason, I can relate to the way he rambles. I really can.

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And, you know, like I said, I had conversations with both of them going,

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everything I'm doing has been covered.

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Why oversaturate the Volkswagen community with the

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same stuff that's already out there and every

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single person Jason Vogan including him they all told me the same thing they

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said listen you have a way of delivering it that people resonate and understand

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just keep going yeah man and I'm like okay yeah you it's almost like the uh

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almost like a stamp of approval in Yeah,

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that's kind of where you got their approval.

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That's basically, I couldn't have said any better. See, you got a good way of describing it.

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Yeah, but at the same time, though,

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what Easy Jeezy does, what VW Darren does, I can't compare to that.

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Their knowledge far surpasses what I have.

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But I also have the guts to get out there and dig into it and figure it out.

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But, you know, you also, you said something that, you know, that's,

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that's even bordering profound. It's the way it's the delivery.

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Yeah. It doesn't, it doesn't matter how, you know, how smart you are and I'm

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not discounting them by any means at all. But here's what I'm saying.

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A lot of technicians, so to speak, would show up at a house and talk their way

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out of success on a call because they confuse the customer with a lot of technician talk.

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Yeah. Right. And sometimes those real smart guys, that's what happens in,

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in videos is they get real geeked out and that's okay for a lot of people that understand it.

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But for general pop, like, like a guy like me, I'm not that mechanical somewhat.

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I can get myself in trouble for sure.

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But, you know, I appreciate somebody that can communicate it well.

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So I get, I get where you're coming from. And maybe that's a long years of doing

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my daily job where, you know, the customer wants to know, hey, what exactly happened?

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Well, basically this, you know, so a bad way to put it is you kind of got to

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dumb it down, right? And not get technical.

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You've got to just say, listen, this broke because of this. This is what I did.

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And now you're fixed and you're up and running.

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You're good to go. Let me know if you need anything else. Yeah,

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it's like layman's terms. Exactly. Keep it.

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What's it all saying? Keep it simple, stupid. That's it. Kiss them.

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Kiss them. Let's kiss the whole VW community.

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So talking about the community, how has the VW community changed your life on

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a personal level, on a social level, even on an emotional level?

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Honestly, I mean, if you look at a lot of the other car cultures,

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you know, I remember being 16, 17, having an old Chevy and, and,

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you know, found out by driving by one Sunday that they had a cars and coffee.

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And of course I'm 16, 17, trying to hop up an old Malibu, you know, broke high school.

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You know what I mean? I'm like, I got a racing stripe down the hood with some

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flat black, you know, Krylon paint and, you know, put some rims and tires on

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it. And, you know, purposely, no joke, purposely blew the V6 so I could build a V8 for it.

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I mean, just, you know, I mean, just haven't been a kid, right?

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We've all been there some way, shape or form.

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And I remember pulling in and getting out. And I'm like, check it out,

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man. I'm parked with a bunch of other Chevys.

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And they're all looking at me going, what are you doing here?

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And I went, excuse me? What are you doing here? Man, that car's hideous. Get it out of here.

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Oh. And I left. No. Yeah. I left.

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Years later, you know, a buddy of mine had a really nice Ford.

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And, you know, it was kind of before the patina thing came in and stuff like

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that. It was an old pickup truck, like early 70s Ford F100 pickup truck. and something similar.

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You know, we rolled into a car meet together and, you know, I was riding with

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them, running some errands. We're like, hey, check it out, car meet.

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Let's run over there real quick.

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We pulled in and they're like, oh, this, no, you don't fit. You're not shiny

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and pretty. And no, you need to leave.

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Go to a Volkswagen event. That's not going to happen.

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That's not going to happen. You have your people that prefer their originals.

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You have your people that, you know, prefer their gorgeous, shiny paint.

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And then you have the people that the thing is held together by deck screws,

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zip ties, duct tape, and license plates.

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You know what I mean? And we all park together. My thing is,

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I have lots of different tastes.

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Me too. But for me, if you're there and you got it there, man,

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I appreciate you and the hard work you put into it.

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It's that simple. Even if it's not something I would drive or own,

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you got it there. You're happy. You're proud of it.

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Heck yeah, man. Heck yeah, man.

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Let's shake hands and tell me about your car. It's not something I would own,

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not something I would ever buy or drive, but tell me about it. I'm interested.

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Sure. You know, the culture is just totally different.

00:16:07.906 --> 00:16:17.646
You know, people are most, let's say 99% most people are pretty open-minded and not judgmental.

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You know, you're always going to have a bad apple in any crowd.

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Sure. But for the most part,

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man, people just, they don't care. It's like, oh, it's a Volkswagen. He showed up. Welcome.

00:16:30.077 --> 00:16:32.857
You know, I mean, you know, like, you know, you're, you're way over there on

00:16:32.857 --> 00:16:36.437
the other coast. I don't know, you know, before today, I didn't know you.

00:16:36.617 --> 00:16:40.077
And, and, you know, I don't know most of the people you probably hang out with,

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even though you're, you know, in the same state as me. It's a big state though.

00:16:44.657 --> 00:16:48.537
But man, you pull up and I'm like, Hey, I don't know you.

00:16:48.877 --> 00:16:53.197
Nice to meet you. you know what i mean let's hang back you're thirsty you're

00:16:53.197 --> 00:16:58.877
hungry i mean that's what we do we take care of our own yeah you know and that

00:16:58.877 --> 00:17:03.757
has honestly changed my perspective on a lot of things all right let's talk

00:17:03.757 --> 00:17:08.757
about the brand itself yep where did the name vw jawbreaker come from,

00:17:09.837 --> 00:17:13.477
so jawbreaker that's behind you right there that's the

00:17:13.477 --> 00:17:17.077
original jawbreaker car so that's how the channel

00:17:17.077 --> 00:17:19.877
got named what time that just so

00:17:19.877 --> 00:17:23.177
anybody that can't see this that's that's listening describe

00:17:23.177 --> 00:17:26.257
the car so it's it's a 73

00:17:26.257 --> 00:17:31.417
volkswagen beetle slammed on the ground static had a big motor at one time the

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car was originally all dark blue but it was one of those 150 footer dark blues

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wasn't a 20 footer wasn't a 50 footer it's 150 footer and there was bubble rust everywhere.

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So, you know, I've never been great at, you know, body work and all that stuff.

00:17:49.077 --> 00:17:52.697
So long story short, I started sanding the car down and those bubble rust areas

00:17:52.697 --> 00:17:56.577
so I could at least throw some Osvo or something on it to keep it from getting worse.

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And that's how I found out the car was originally white, then light blue, then dark blue.

00:18:02.822 --> 00:18:07.982
So, you know, you had these 15, 18 patches all over the car where things were sanded down.

00:18:08.242 --> 00:18:12.402
Right. And a buddy of mine's like, man, just DA the thing and full patina it.

00:18:12.522 --> 00:18:16.482
I went, oh, I'm going to make it worse than it is right now. So I did that.

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And then we were hanging out, you know, and one of those typical Florida sunny

00:18:20.442 --> 00:18:24.062
afternoons when the rain hit and, you know, the car was all flat,

00:18:24.202 --> 00:18:28.542
you know, because I just sanded it and the rain hit it with the sun hitting it.

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And it just gleamed with this gloss.

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And my buddy goes dude that looks like a jawbreaker candy

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oh cool man dude you

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just named my car i always called it ellie you

00:18:41.402 --> 00:18:45.702
know what i mean but it's like you just gave this car some purpose yeah and

00:18:45.702 --> 00:18:48.682
then i started you know so then you know after getting bullied into the you

00:18:48.682 --> 00:18:52.182
know youtube thing with my son and stuff you know i'm like i started googling

00:18:52.182 --> 00:18:55.702
jawbreaker and i'm like there's a lot of different meanings to this so if i

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put vw in front of it there we go we got kind I got the brand. All right, man.

00:19:01.442 --> 00:19:05.762
So it was kind of weird how it all happened, but usually how things happen,

00:19:05.842 --> 00:19:07.502
there's usually a good story behind it.

00:19:08.002 --> 00:19:11.222
No good story ever started with, hey, I'm going to have a salad.

00:19:13.422 --> 00:19:17.342
So you've grown this killer following. I feel like by just having a positive

00:19:17.342 --> 00:19:21.122
attitude, by just being that guy that just, like you said, just goes out in

00:19:21.122 --> 00:19:23.762
the garage and hits record, just shows up.

00:19:23.982 --> 00:19:28.422
What's been maybe some of the most surprising reactions that you've had publicly

00:19:28.422 --> 00:19:30.342
from some of your videos or your posts?

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Man, I want to say it was the Lakeland VW Classic several years ago.

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I want to say this is probably 2019, 2020.

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And the channel had just really taken off from a video I had put out.

00:19:43.602 --> 00:19:48.242
And my son and I pull up early Saturday morning and start setting up camp.

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And then I realized I've been standing there for three and a half hours and

00:19:52.022 --> 00:19:53.202
the tent's still on the ground.

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Everybody's coming up going, hey, you're a jawbreaker. And I'm going, oh, what do I do?

00:19:59.202 --> 00:20:02.522
What do I do? What do I do? So they would come up to me and go,

00:20:02.802 --> 00:20:07.122
man, we watch every video. I'm so sorry. You have nothing better to do with your time.

00:20:07.702 --> 00:20:11.302
I didn't know how to react to it. Right. You know, I'm just like,

00:20:11.402 --> 00:20:12.302
what are you talking about?

00:20:12.362 --> 00:20:15.702
You watch every video or seriously, what do you do with your time?

00:20:16.342 --> 00:20:20.522
And it wasn't until saying that for a couple of years that finally somebody

00:20:20.522 --> 00:20:22.122
said, you know, that's kind of rude.

00:20:22.702 --> 00:20:26.742
And I was like, I'm sorry. I, you know, I deal with things in weird sense of humor ways.

00:20:27.242 --> 00:20:30.902
They're like, yeah, but I really appreciate what you do. And the way you say

00:20:30.902 --> 00:20:32.842
that, it just kind of sounds rude.

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And I went, you know what? You're right. I apologize.

00:20:36.428 --> 00:20:39.288
You know, so I actually said it, one of my videos, if I've ever met you and

00:20:39.288 --> 00:20:44.468
I've said this, it was out of fun, but that, that really took a lot of getting used to.

00:20:44.748 --> 00:20:49.828
One of the cool things is, you know, you start questioning why you're doing

00:20:49.828 --> 00:20:50.968
things sometimes, you know,

00:20:51.128 --> 00:20:55.108
you're, you're putting all this hard work into it and you're doing this podcast

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and it's starting to take off, but you're not getting the views you hope you

00:20:58.208 --> 00:21:01.048
want and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Why am I doing this?

00:21:01.468 --> 00:21:05.208
I need to get a comment or an email going, man, this is exactly what I needed.

00:21:05.788 --> 00:21:10.548
Thank you. Yeah. And it's like, all right, going back out to the garage. Where's my camera?

00:21:10.948 --> 00:21:15.668
On the YouTube channel, walk us through maybe what a day of filming looks like for you.

00:21:15.808 --> 00:21:20.788
Is this stuff that you plan or is this stuff that's really kind of off the cuff?

00:21:21.148 --> 00:21:25.488
Usually nine out of 10 times, I know what I'm doing for the video day.

00:21:25.828 --> 00:21:30.268
I usually have parts ordered. I usually have everything ready to go.

00:21:30.648 --> 00:21:35.268
I've walked it out in my head, how the day is going to go, what's going to,

00:21:35.288 --> 00:21:40.388
you know, happen, get an idea of camera angle placements, you know,

00:21:40.868 --> 00:21:43.468
basic lighting, things of that nature.

00:21:43.928 --> 00:21:48.608
I'll even go as far as if I feel it's going to be kind of a complicated day,

00:21:48.808 --> 00:21:53.768
I'll write bullet points out and steps and actually print that out.

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So I can, as I go through everything, scratch things off in the background. Yeah.

00:21:58.408 --> 00:22:04.128
You know what I mean? So, again, that's why I said I appreciate the organization that you had for this.

00:22:05.668 --> 00:22:10.348
Well, I think any of us in this type of a production, I can say,

00:22:10.748 --> 00:22:16.088
that take it serious, you're going to fail a couple of times in front of the camera or whatever.

00:22:16.128 --> 00:22:19.728
It's going to make you feel like, you know what, I'm going to do this and this,

00:22:19.748 --> 00:22:24.288
and I'm going to give myself these small little anchors so that never happens again.

00:22:24.828 --> 00:22:29.548
And I've learned the same thing in my past. You know, I've done a lot of sales

00:22:29.548 --> 00:22:31.708
training, et cetera, in my, in my past.

00:22:31.828 --> 00:22:36.628
That's really kind of been my career since like 2015 full-time,

00:22:36.728 --> 00:22:39.508
you know, sales training and, and, and consulting.

00:22:39.908 --> 00:22:46.728
So I've, I've gotten decent at a delivery, you know, decent at not really having

00:22:46.728 --> 00:22:50.528
that much of an opinion, letting the, letting the customer win.

00:22:50.748 --> 00:22:54.148
It sounds like you might be cut from a similar cloth.

00:22:54.548 --> 00:22:57.948
Oh yeah. But yeah, man, that's cool. It's cool to hear, you know,

00:22:58.148 --> 00:23:00.628
I'm the same way and I'm glad you appreciate it.

00:23:00.768 --> 00:23:05.568
So absolutely filming, you know, have you ever had a project that's just gone

00:23:05.568 --> 00:23:07.528
completely sideways on you?

00:23:07.648 --> 00:23:10.868
And if so, let's talk about it. What happened? What'd you do about it?

00:23:11.668 --> 00:23:19.348
Half of the 60 build, the 60, for those that don't know, it was a 1960 Volkswagen

00:23:19.348 --> 00:23:22.868
Beetle that the guy was actually going to go scrap.

00:23:23.636 --> 00:23:29.336
It was that bad. And I just saw the thing sitting there and I was like, you know, I have an idea.

00:23:30.016 --> 00:23:36.096
So it kind of evolved into what it is, which is kind of a Volksrod with a 10

00:23:36.096 --> 00:23:41.316
inch extended beam, but Baja wise with a drag wing on it, big motor, big hitch.

00:23:41.516 --> 00:23:43.756
And I love it. You know what I mean?

00:23:44.396 --> 00:23:47.536
It's like a mashup, right? I like Bajas.

00:23:47.656 --> 00:23:50.736
I like Voltrogs, but Jawbreaker slammed on the ground static.

00:23:50.736 --> 00:23:54.376
So it's like, I kind of want a Baja, but I don't want a typical Baja.

00:23:54.556 --> 00:23:58.456
So let's just make something. And so I just sat down and started figuring out

00:23:58.456 --> 00:24:00.396
like, what all did I really want?

00:24:00.716 --> 00:24:03.536
You know, how can I mix all these things together?

00:24:04.236 --> 00:24:10.616
So with that being said, most all the body work did not go to plan because I'm not a body work guy.

00:24:10.856 --> 00:24:14.276
You know, there's, I learned a lot about sheet metal welding.

00:24:14.456 --> 00:24:18.036
Let's just say that, you know, I can build you a trailer. I can build you a hitch.

00:24:18.156 --> 00:24:22.576
I can build you all kinds of heavy duty stuff. This thin sheet metal stuff's for the birds, dude.

00:24:24.196 --> 00:24:28.916
Really, it's for, like you said earlier, some people are good at this thing.

00:24:28.996 --> 00:24:30.656
Other people are good at that thing.

00:24:30.796 --> 00:24:35.716
With metal work, especially body work, I feel like that's a true profession

00:24:35.716 --> 00:24:40.796
and almost a professional that can do true metal work like that.

00:24:40.796 --> 00:24:43.996
Very precise, very clean, very good.

00:24:44.196 --> 00:24:46.716
It's truly an art, period.

00:24:47.436 --> 00:24:51.956
It really is. And, and to be honest with you, that's, that's kind of where the

00:24:51.956 --> 00:24:55.996
theme for the car came from was about halfway through, you know,

00:24:56.076 --> 00:25:00.296
cause I had this idea in my head is basically how it turned out, but.

00:25:01.374 --> 00:25:04.774
I had to put the rhino lining on a little thicker than I wanted just to kind

00:25:04.774 --> 00:25:08.094
of hide some of this stuff because I'm not good with filler.

00:25:08.234 --> 00:25:11.414
I'm not good with all this stuff. There's a little bit of tin canning in there

00:25:11.414 --> 00:25:13.194
where the metal goes thunk-a-thunk.

00:25:13.374 --> 00:25:17.354
You know, there's, you know, the roof and a couple of the doors have more waves

00:25:17.354 --> 00:25:20.094
than the Atlantic Ocean. I mean, it's bad, dude.

00:25:20.474 --> 00:25:26.234
It's kind of bad. But it's, you have sometimes unrealistic expectations,

00:25:26.554 --> 00:25:31.894
right? And you put those unrealistic expectations on yourself,

00:25:31.914 --> 00:25:34.314
and it just multiplies and multiplies and multiplies.

00:25:34.894 --> 00:25:38.994
So what I finally learned was, you know what? This car is just going to be what

00:25:38.994 --> 00:25:41.314
it is. It's going to be perfectly imperfect.

00:25:41.854 --> 00:25:50.474
And I'm fine with that. I like it. I feel like that's the acceptance of the VW community as a whole.

00:25:51.394 --> 00:25:54.314
Perfectly imperfect. yeah whether it's

00:25:54.314 --> 00:25:57.394
you know 130 140 000 you know

00:25:57.394 --> 00:26:00.494
23 windows split window bus

00:26:00.494 --> 00:26:05.634
or it's a you know vw thing that's so rusted out it barely rolls down the street

00:26:05.634 --> 00:26:09.374
like you said man they're all welcome in the same spot they park next to each

00:26:09.374 --> 00:26:14.834
other they share a beer and and maybe a basket of fries who knows exactly yeah

00:26:14.834 --> 00:26:19.574
that's awesome man so look you donate i read this and i was so impressed.

00:26:19.854 --> 00:26:23.614
You donate an amount, I don't know, it doesn't matter, but of your YouTube earnings,

00:26:24.074 --> 00:26:27.454
and your merch proceeds to the local Humane Society.

00:26:27.734 --> 00:26:31.494
Dude, I thought that was so awesome. I've got five dogs. I've always been an

00:26:31.494 --> 00:26:35.794
animal lover myself, but just kind of walk me through why Humane Society?

00:26:35.954 --> 00:26:37.334
What inspired that decision?

00:26:38.112 --> 00:26:45.252
I've same thing, man. I've always had pets. We've got dogs and cats and kids, which are like pets.

00:26:45.412 --> 00:26:51.212
But anyway, I just I've always had a huge soft spot for animals, man.

00:26:51.332 --> 00:26:55.892
I mean, not to sound less of a man or anything like that, but you sit there

00:26:55.892 --> 00:26:58.872
and scrolling on Instagram or whatever.

00:26:59.052 --> 00:27:03.672
You come across a real, this abandoned dog that's half dead and somebody picks it up.

00:27:03.752 --> 00:27:08.472
Dude, I got a tear that goes down my cheek. Me too, bro. I stuck on those. I watched it.

00:27:08.992 --> 00:27:13.152
It just, it tears me up. Yeah. You know, so I've always thought,

00:27:13.352 --> 00:27:18.712
you know, what can I do to just help make the world a little bit better place, right? Yeah.

00:27:18.872 --> 00:27:22.052
Because I can't make a big difference. Let's face it, me alone,

00:27:22.152 --> 00:27:23.232
I cannot make a big difference.

00:27:23.592 --> 00:27:27.452
But if everybody does a little, it adds up to a lot.

00:27:27.452 --> 00:27:30.192
So what i do is i take 20 of my

00:27:30.192 --> 00:27:33.112
annual income from youtube and then

00:27:33.112 --> 00:27:36.332
whatever merch sales i have 100 of the proceeds i

00:27:36.332 --> 00:27:41.712
i i donate to the local humane society every december just especially just to

00:27:41.712 --> 00:27:45.172
help them out you know and then some of the some of us local people will do

00:27:45.172 --> 00:27:50.332
a food drive a couple times a year or whatever just just to help them out you

00:27:50.332 --> 00:27:54.232
know those animals did not ask to be to live that kind of life.

00:27:54.732 --> 00:28:00.552
Yeah. No, no, no. That's so great. And there's always something behind the inspiration.

00:28:00.752 --> 00:28:04.992
Turns out for you, you're just an animal guy like me and probably like a lot

00:28:04.992 --> 00:28:06.532
of people that can relate. Oh, absolutely.

00:28:07.412 --> 00:28:11.732
Animals are awesome, man. Has there been any specific stories,

00:28:11.952 --> 00:28:15.992
any specific animals that you know of that were impacted by your generosity?

00:28:16.592 --> 00:28:20.852
Not that I know of. Usually for the annual thing, I do it kind of,

00:28:21.412 --> 00:28:26.172
of, it's not anonymously because, you know, I have to show for tax records and

00:28:26.172 --> 00:28:29.332
stuff, you know, that, that, you know, I am the one making the contribution,

00:28:29.332 --> 00:28:31.652
but I do it as VW Jawbreaker.

00:28:31.912 --> 00:28:34.992
So, and I don't really leave any contact info in there.

00:28:35.132 --> 00:28:38.952
I don't want recognition for it. Yeah. I'm just, I'm just trying to do something

00:28:38.952 --> 00:28:40.592
good back to the community, you know?

00:28:40.852 --> 00:28:44.832
And there's always so many, there's tons of charities around you,

00:28:44.952 --> 00:28:47.612
you know, find one that speaks to your heart and move forward with it.

00:28:47.712 --> 00:28:50.292
I mean, yeah, I could have found probably one that dealt with,

00:28:50.852 --> 00:28:53.372
you know, with Alzheimer's or cancers.

00:28:53.372 --> 00:28:56.192
I mean, cause we all know somebody that's been through Alzheimer's or cancer

00:28:56.192 --> 00:29:01.192
or whatever, but you know, if, if you really look, that's the humane societies

00:29:01.192 --> 00:29:04.832
that struggle more than any other one out there from what I've found,

00:29:04.852 --> 00:29:08.132
you know? So that's, that's why I just stuck it with that.

00:29:08.592 --> 00:29:13.012
So let's say the, the, that the platform continues to grow even more,

00:29:13.292 --> 00:29:17.072
you know, more followers, more, more revenue, essentially at the end of the

00:29:17.072 --> 00:29:19.812
year, what's, what's the vision for how you'll give back?

00:29:19.892 --> 00:29:22.952
You just going to continue with the Humane Society or do you have other thoughts?

00:29:24.489 --> 00:29:27.329
I don't see it getting too big, but, you know, let's, let's just,

00:29:27.449 --> 00:29:30.349
you know, go in la-la land here for a minute and say it does.

00:29:31.329 --> 00:29:34.889
I, I, I'd probably still do the same thing, humane society.

00:29:35.129 --> 00:29:37.669
And then, you know, if, if there's other local ones that, you know,

00:29:37.909 --> 00:29:41.709
city ones or whatever that are struggling, you know, I just spread the wealth,

00:29:41.849 --> 00:29:45.429
you know, I mean, you know, do what I can for however many I can, really.

00:29:46.129 --> 00:29:49.249
You know, there's, there's been, there, there's been times too,

00:29:49.429 --> 00:29:53.549
where I don't usually say anything about it because I did a video on it once.

00:29:53.549 --> 00:29:58.389
A long time ago and I got so much slack for it, but I actually took and bought

00:29:58.389 --> 00:30:00.989
the parts and helped somebody fix their vehicle.

00:30:01.469 --> 00:30:05.689
Right. So I figured the money I spent over time, I would get back,

00:30:06.149 --> 00:30:07.789
you know, in revenue. Sure.

00:30:08.549 --> 00:30:12.229
And so many people were saying that I was, you know, trying to show Bo,

00:30:12.449 --> 00:30:14.869
look at me and what I can do to help people and Bob.

00:30:15.089 --> 00:30:19.029
And so many people took it negatively. I actually just stopped doing it.

00:30:19.429 --> 00:30:22.349
Wow. So I figured, you know what, I'm not

00:30:22.349 --> 00:30:26.349
going to hear a dog or cat say no no you

00:30:26.349 --> 00:30:29.769
are absolutely not yeah yeah that's

00:30:29.769 --> 00:30:32.689
awesome though man you're a special person i want to get your opinion

00:30:32.689 --> 00:30:37.969
on something uh-oh i know there's there's two sides to this right you have a

00:30:37.969 --> 00:30:43.729
lot of a lot of the purists out there a lot of the the modded slammed lowered

00:30:43.729 --> 00:30:50.429
whatever bagged tucked you know whatever but the the conversation of the purist versus the modded.

00:30:50.629 --> 00:30:54.349
And that's always kind of the debate in the community.

00:30:54.569 --> 00:30:58.049
Ever caught any flack for any of your projects? Oh, yeah.

00:30:58.665 --> 00:31:03.325
Oh, yeah. Like I said, that 60 car that I have, it was so far gone, dude.

00:31:03.445 --> 00:31:07.925
Heater channels, doors, front firewall, rear package tray.

00:31:08.545 --> 00:31:11.745
Dude, there was so much that was rotted out and gone on that thing.

00:31:11.825 --> 00:31:13.745
And people are saying, I can't believe you're building this.

00:31:13.905 --> 00:31:16.185
You need to put it back, you know, keep it original.

00:31:16.445 --> 00:31:21.525
I'm like, what's hardly even original left? The windshield frame and the roof? I mean, come on.

00:31:22.065 --> 00:31:25.465
Lower quarters were gone. Everything was gone on this thing. Wow.

00:31:25.705 --> 00:31:28.965
And I got so much slack for building it the way I want to build it.

00:31:29.065 --> 00:31:31.825
And I finally just started, you know, stop trying to be a Mr.

00:31:31.925 --> 00:31:34.525
Nice guy. I went, I'm sorry, who's the one funding this?

00:31:34.885 --> 00:31:38.845
I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure it's my pocket. I want to build it how I want it.

00:31:39.925 --> 00:31:43.905
What's your opinion there on the purist versus the modded?

00:31:44.025 --> 00:31:48.105
Because, you know, it's always a conversation of the folks that think you should

00:31:48.105 --> 00:31:52.045
keep them original versus the ones that don't care. What's your take on that?

00:31:52.845 --> 00:31:56.325
Okay. For me personally, I can't have anything nice because I'll ruin it.

00:31:56.765 --> 00:32:00.525
So I'm not going to be a purist and I'm not going to have a gorgeous vehicle.

00:32:00.785 --> 00:32:03.945
Okay. I work my cars. I drive my cars.

00:32:04.125 --> 00:32:09.765
I, I, I've loaded engines in them and talk, you know, towed trailers and all

00:32:09.765 --> 00:32:14.445
kinds of other stuff. I work my cars because that's what I want to do with them.

00:32:14.885 --> 00:32:20.145
So from that angle, I will never be a purist and a pretty shiny car owner.

00:32:20.705 --> 00:32:24.325
However, I can say I appreciate both sides. Yeah, me too.

00:32:24.645 --> 00:32:29.725
I can say- You know what I mean? You know, somebody comes up with a period correct,

00:32:29.925 --> 00:32:33.725
look like it just came off the showroom floor, 63 ragtop, you know what I mean?

00:32:33.805 --> 00:32:35.005
Seema 4s, the whole nine yards.

00:32:35.305 --> 00:32:38.345
I'm going to appreciate the daylights out of that car. Sure. Absolutely.

00:32:38.805 --> 00:32:42.445
You know, because that's them. That's their personality. That's what they like.

00:32:43.025 --> 00:32:46.125
Who am I to say that's wrong? I don't care either way.

00:32:46.505 --> 00:32:50.305
Drive your Volkswagen. I like, people probably know this about me,

00:32:50.385 --> 00:32:57.205
but I like to take those purist looking cars and just slam them and lower them

00:32:57.205 --> 00:33:01.225
and put big wheels on them and, you know, just customize them.

00:33:01.405 --> 00:33:07.365
I think some of the appeal of the VW community as a whole is that exactly,

00:33:07.385 --> 00:33:12.565
is that we can all kind of make our own modifications and customizations to these cars.

00:33:13.185 --> 00:33:17.745
It's still a Beetle. Yeah. Right. There's thousands of different versions of

00:33:17.745 --> 00:33:19.785
that Beetle now, though, and colors.

00:33:20.285 --> 00:33:22.405
And the cool thing is, is for the

00:33:22.405 --> 00:33:26.585
most part, 95% of the people out there aren't going to hate you for it.

00:33:27.065 --> 00:33:32.225
Yeah. You're going to have the diehard modded. You're going to have the diehard purist. That's right.

00:33:32.585 --> 00:33:38.725
Most all of them will appreciate you having your car out there and driving it, regardless.

00:33:39.045 --> 00:33:43.145
Air-cooled or water-cooled. If you were forced to pick a side,

00:33:43.305 --> 00:33:45.585
pick a team, tell me which one and tell me why.

00:33:45.885 --> 00:33:48.965
Well, I'm going to have to go with air-cooled since I have so many air-cooled vehicles.

00:33:49.625 --> 00:33:53.005
And the reason being is the sound.

00:33:53.696 --> 00:33:58.796
That flat four air-cooled engine, the sound of that engine is just,

00:33:58.996 --> 00:34:00.636
there's nothing else like it, man.

00:34:00.996 --> 00:34:05.136
Nothing else like it. Now, if I wanted to run cross-country and not have to

00:34:05.136 --> 00:34:07.376
worry as much, I'd probably pick a water cool.

00:34:07.536 --> 00:34:10.856
You know what I mean? But with air conditioning, for that matter.

00:34:11.096 --> 00:34:16.276
But for anything else, man, air cool, dude. I got to be air cooled.

00:34:16.656 --> 00:34:20.696
Yeah, I'm down. I like it. With the VW community as a whole,

00:34:20.916 --> 00:34:25.696
I know we've kind of touched on this a little bit, but I want maybe to jump even deeper.

00:34:25.876 --> 00:34:31.296
What do you think makes the VW community different from other automotive clubs,

00:34:31.436 --> 00:34:32.616
other automotive cultures?

00:34:32.876 --> 00:34:35.196
I don't know what it is that makes it the way it is.

00:34:35.996 --> 00:34:40.556
I've thought about this a lot. A lot of people and I have had discussions about this.

00:34:40.856 --> 00:34:44.276
And I know you have too, listening to a couple of your podcasts.

00:34:44.276 --> 00:34:50.616
And I think some of your, some of my predecessors have wrapped it up pretty well.

00:34:50.916 --> 00:34:54.696
I can't honestly put my finger on it. I really can't.

00:34:54.776 --> 00:35:00.976
Is it because that it started off as a very inexpensive people's car and everybody

00:35:00.976 --> 00:35:07.576
had them, they're everywhere. So it's people can relate more versus not everybody's had a Honda Civic.

00:35:08.816 --> 00:35:13.836
You know, I, I, I don't know what it is, but for some reason.

00:35:14.276 --> 00:35:15.636
It's just more accepting.

00:35:16.196 --> 00:35:20.776
People seem to be a little bit more chill. Yeah. People seem to be a little

00:35:20.776 --> 00:35:26.736
bit more accepting and open-minded, not all, most, but...

00:35:27.202 --> 00:35:31.622
But I've never been able to put my finger on it going, aha, this is why.

00:35:31.802 --> 00:35:33.082
I've never been able to figure that out.

00:35:33.742 --> 00:35:36.162
And I like to continue going and trying to.

00:35:37.042 --> 00:35:40.602
So you can agree, though, it is just different. Oh, absolutely.

00:35:41.502 --> 00:35:45.322
If nobody's ever been, they need to get one and go.

00:35:45.862 --> 00:35:51.722
And you'll experience it for yourself, undoubtedly. Let's talk about events.

00:35:51.722 --> 00:35:56.882
I know, you know, you've seen some events, maybe even a lot,

00:35:57.062 --> 00:35:58.482
especially in your area.

00:35:58.702 --> 00:36:01.082
What's your favorite VW show that you've been to?

00:36:02.062 --> 00:36:06.462
No-Doh and Port Orange, hands down, top favorite, always will be. All right.

00:36:06.722 --> 00:36:13.322
I actually started going to that one before I even got that Super Beetle home. Okay. So.

00:36:14.322 --> 00:36:18.922
Just for the listeners that might not know what No-Doh is, I do because I'm here.

00:36:18.982 --> 00:36:23.382
Yep. But for the listeners that don't, describe Noto for me.

00:36:24.582 --> 00:36:30.162
Noto is unlike any other Volkswagen show out there, in my opinion. Okay?

00:36:31.382 --> 00:36:36.922
You have, it all starts kind of at a local campground. Of course, you got to pay to camp.

00:36:37.382 --> 00:36:41.082
And then from there, it's pick whatever you want to do.

00:36:41.682 --> 00:36:46.442
There's a pizza meetup. There's a limbo. There's teeter-totter now.

00:36:47.002 --> 00:36:52.002
And this is all over the town, right? Yeah, this is all over the coast right

00:36:52.002 --> 00:36:55.022
here, all within 20 minutes. There's different meetups.

00:36:55.542 --> 00:36:59.222
You've got the bay window rally. You've got the split window bus rally.

00:36:59.382 --> 00:37:03.262
You've got, I mean, you go to the beach with people. I mean,

00:37:03.342 --> 00:37:06.422
there's tons of stuff to do all Friday and Saturday.

00:37:06.942 --> 00:37:10.022
And then Sunday is the main show at the city center.

00:37:10.382 --> 00:37:15.162
And it's nothing but a one-way street that's blocked off by the city and cops.

00:37:15.622 --> 00:37:23.022
Okay? The whole street all the way around this lake with a fountain in the middle is oak tree lined.

00:37:23.602 --> 00:37:29.862
And the setting is just gorgeous. I've seen some pictures. I haven't been myself. I want to go. Oh, man.

00:37:30.142 --> 00:37:35.022
And I'm going to go. But I've seen the pictures of those oaks, those mature oaks.

00:37:35.142 --> 00:37:38.182
And you're right, man. It's a beautiful scene.

00:37:39.086 --> 00:37:45.786
So my first show that I ever attended with a Volkswagen, I went two or three

00:37:45.786 --> 00:37:48.506
years prior to owning Jawbreaker.

00:37:48.826 --> 00:37:51.266
But it was one of those things where the wife found it on Facebook,

00:37:51.266 --> 00:37:54.866
and I think it was their second or third or first. I think it was their second

00:37:54.866 --> 00:37:56.166
year there or something like that.

00:37:56.486 --> 00:38:00.746
So Bill had just started the No-Doh show. And the whole thing around the No-Doh

00:38:00.746 --> 00:38:04.546
name is the show doesn't cost any money. That's right. No money.

00:38:04.766 --> 00:38:08.206
It's free to attend. It's free to show up. It's free to show,

00:38:08.346 --> 00:38:10.746
and it's not a competition judge.

00:38:11.026 --> 00:38:13.986
Now, being a promoter- You got judges that walk around and look- What's that?

00:38:14.266 --> 00:38:17.226
Sorry, I didn't mean to cut you off, but I just wanted to say,

00:38:17.866 --> 00:38:24.246
being a promoter that has events here that has to pay the fees to the city and

00:38:24.246 --> 00:38:28.886
the cops, I don't know how he does it for free, but I love that he does.

00:38:29.766 --> 00:38:33.446
I love that he does, and obviously the community does too. How many cars are

00:38:33.446 --> 00:38:34.266
there for the listeners?

00:38:35.506 --> 00:38:38.986
Rough average i would say anywhere between 750 to

00:38:38.986 --> 00:38:41.806
850 and that's air cooled air cooled

00:38:41.806 --> 00:38:44.726
and water cooled yeah it's like a small city

00:38:44.726 --> 00:38:49.706
coming in it's people from up north come down for this yeah there's people from

00:38:49.706 --> 00:38:54.746
michigan and indiana and the you know new hampshire there's people that come

00:38:54.746 --> 00:38:59.786
in from texas and so great it's it's all over the place you never know who you're

00:38:59.786 --> 00:39:01.986
going to run into or talk to or anything, man.

00:39:02.086 --> 00:39:07.006
It's just the camaraderie there and the overall vibe, man.

00:39:07.106 --> 00:39:12.366
There's a husband and wife duo from down in Miami, Florida that come up and DJ the whole thing.

00:39:12.566 --> 00:39:17.266
And so because it's like a city park kind of setting, they have the speakers

00:39:17.266 --> 00:39:19.786
on the poles all the way around kind of hidden in the trees.

00:39:19.786 --> 00:39:22.866
So you're hearing them jam and DJing all day.

00:39:23.206 --> 00:39:29.246
And it's just, the vibe is just amazing, dude. Absolutely amazing. Have you been to Bug Jam?

00:39:29.895 --> 00:39:35.815
I've been to every Bug Jam except for one since 2016 or 17.

00:39:36.115 --> 00:39:42.675
So this podcast is actually sponsoring this year in November, the Stereo Contest.

00:39:43.275 --> 00:39:48.135
Nice. Yeah, so I'm excited about that. So if I don't see you anywhere else,

00:39:48.135 --> 00:39:50.675
I'll certainly see you there. Definitely, man. Definitely.

00:39:51.135 --> 00:39:55.275
Awesome. So what are you working on right now? Any projects that are coming

00:39:55.275 --> 00:39:58.535
up that you're putting out or anything like that? In total transparency,

00:39:58.855 --> 00:40:00.915
things are actually slowing down for YouTube right now.

00:40:01.395 --> 00:40:06.555
I got a daughter in college now and son's in high school. Wrapping that up,

00:40:06.655 --> 00:40:07.395
he's going to be a junior.

00:40:09.715 --> 00:40:14.875
Dad's widowed, unfortunately, from years ago, and he's been battling a lot of

00:40:14.875 --> 00:40:20.135
health issues. So I'm having to balance my time working a full-time job and

00:40:20.135 --> 00:40:21.535
the family and all that stuff.

00:40:21.735 --> 00:40:24.935
So YouTube's kind of taking a backseat. I'm trying to put out content every

00:40:24.935 --> 00:40:26.175
two weeks instead of weekly.

00:40:26.415 --> 00:40:30.075
I did weekly for years and it was tough.

00:40:30.415 --> 00:40:32.615
So I'm trying to do it now biweekly.

00:40:33.015 --> 00:40:39.335
And for the most part, I've got a 76 pop-top bus that I bought back in November, December.

00:40:39.335 --> 00:40:42.075
And I've been doing little projects and stuff like that on it,

00:40:42.155 --> 00:40:46.695
on the channel and trying to help inspire people to get out there and travel

00:40:46.695 --> 00:40:49.895
around a camp a little bit more. Yeah, cool, man. For sure.

00:40:50.455 --> 00:40:55.055
So somebody listening to this podcast that may consider getting into the VW

00:40:55.055 --> 00:40:57.635
world because, you know, they heard this and they like it.

00:40:57.895 --> 00:41:01.475
What would be some good advice that you have for a beginner that would be,

00:41:01.475 --> 00:41:05.235
you know, entering into this scene as somebody with no experience?

00:41:05.675 --> 00:41:09.755
It's not your Chevy. It's not an LS. It's not a Ford.

00:41:11.215 --> 00:41:15.455
Volkswagens have their own unique thing. I would say, you know,

00:41:15.575 --> 00:41:16.775
thank goodness for social media.

00:41:17.175 --> 00:41:19.615
You know, you can get into some groups. You can get, you know,

00:41:19.835 --> 00:41:21.295
there's YouTube channels out there.

00:41:21.715 --> 00:41:24.015
Some that are so much better than mine ever will be.

00:41:24.655 --> 00:41:29.335
And of course, local clubs, find a local club, you know, be a part of it.

00:41:29.395 --> 00:41:33.295
Immerse yourself into it because the more you surround yourself with other like-minded

00:41:33.295 --> 00:41:35.895
people, the better off you're going to be, right?

00:41:35.895 --> 00:41:39.715
There's an old saying, or not really a saying, I don't know what it is,

00:41:40.135 --> 00:41:45.955
and I forget who said it or whatever, but it's basically, if you want to better

00:41:45.955 --> 00:41:49.055
yourself, if you never want to be the smartest person in the room. Sure.

00:41:49.555 --> 00:41:54.175
Right? You want to be average or maybe even the dumbest person in the room.

00:41:54.375 --> 00:41:57.515
Surround yourself with people better than yourself. But willing to learn, right?

00:41:57.995 --> 00:42:02.115
Exactly. Open your mind, be humble, and be willing to learn.

00:42:02.375 --> 00:42:04.935
They got books out there. If you're a book reader, read books,

00:42:05.035 --> 00:42:06.775
you know, the, how to keep your Volkswagen alive.

00:42:06.935 --> 00:42:11.495
It's a great beginner Bible, you know, and I call it a Bible because that's basically what it is.

00:42:11.595 --> 00:42:14.875
Well, speaking of Bible, when you go to church, they tell you,

00:42:14.955 --> 00:42:16.595
they tell you to plug into the community.

00:42:17.526 --> 00:42:21.486
Right. If you want to get the most out of the experience, plug into the community.

00:42:21.486 --> 00:42:25.426
And that's kind of what I'm getting from you is absolutely get plugged in to,

00:42:25.546 --> 00:42:28.526
you know, the meets, the locals, the whole thing.

00:42:28.746 --> 00:42:32.586
And I mean, and you don't have to do it all. You don't have to go to shows on the whole nine yards.

00:42:32.766 --> 00:42:36.706
But, you know, look at up in Pensacola. You know, you got those guys up there

00:42:36.706 --> 00:42:39.126
that do a monthly tech session. Yeah.

00:42:41.126 --> 00:42:47.666
Yeah. Yeah, Don and Duckman and all those guys up there that put that on at Don's house.

00:42:48.026 --> 00:42:53.266
That's so cool. Okay. Dude, it's amazing. He opens up a shop once a month for

00:42:53.266 --> 00:42:59.426
everybody to come in so other people can help you keep your Volkswagen on the road. Yeah.

00:42:59.666 --> 00:43:04.826
Not to do it for you, but to help you. I had a guy on a short time ago from

00:43:04.826 --> 00:43:07.586
Colorado Springs, Grant Aslan. Okay.

00:43:07.966 --> 00:43:12.386
Same thing. He told me on the podcast that they do a monthly,

00:43:12.386 --> 00:43:16.186
like a, a lunch and learn, if you will.

00:43:16.546 --> 00:43:21.426
So they, they just had one. He had shared the post on it. It was called carburetors and tacos.

00:43:21.706 --> 00:43:26.566
Nice. They, they, they serve tacos and they, they, they took a carburetor,

00:43:26.666 --> 00:43:30.506
they broke it down, they rebuilt it and they reinstalled it in for,

00:43:30.506 --> 00:43:32.586
for, for an audience to watch.

00:43:32.706 --> 00:43:36.946
And then they had an open session at the end where you could get up out of your

00:43:36.946 --> 00:43:40.466
chair. And I looked at these pictures and you could go in and touch,

00:43:40.486 --> 00:43:43.346
you know, you could get your hands dirty, essentially.

00:43:43.906 --> 00:43:47.786
And dude, you want to talk about giving back to this community. That's what's up.

00:43:48.066 --> 00:43:51.846
So, yeah, no, I agree. I agree. And, and, and how else are you going to learn

00:43:51.846 --> 00:43:52.906
about something like that?

00:43:53.066 --> 00:43:56.406
If you do not immerse yourself into the local community, right?

00:43:56.486 --> 00:43:59.506
So you're going to sit there and going, I know nothing about this car.

00:44:00.066 --> 00:44:05.266
Well, go learn. The resources are out there. Find them and utilize them, man. Yeah, man.

00:44:06.746 --> 00:44:11.686
Most people, let me say this real quick. Yeah. Most people in the Volkswagen

00:44:11.686 --> 00:44:16.246
community, most, if you ask them for help, are not going to turn you down.

00:44:16.932 --> 00:44:19.832
Amen right i i can't tell you how many times i've

00:44:19.832 --> 00:44:22.552
driven on the road and met a new stranger because they were broke down the

00:44:22.552 --> 00:44:26.732
side of the road and i pulled over yeah right yeah all right i remember sitting

00:44:26.732 --> 00:44:30.392
on the side of the road and met some guy one time and i was broke down the side

00:44:30.392 --> 00:44:34.052
of the road you know and he pulled over and he's like sorry i'm not even in

00:44:34.052 --> 00:44:38.892
my volkswagen dude but i got tools what you need sweet and i'm like you're like

00:44:38.892 --> 00:44:41.832
dude why'd you thank you Exactly.

00:44:42.412 --> 00:44:46.512
But I mean, so that's my point though, is you're out there by yourself.

00:44:46.712 --> 00:44:50.932
You're not going to learn. You're not going to enjoy as much as if you surround

00:44:50.932 --> 00:44:52.472
yourself with other like-minded people.

00:44:52.752 --> 00:44:56.632
Immerse yourself and enjoy it. So what's one thing that you wish that maybe

00:44:56.632 --> 00:45:01.172
more people understood about keeping classic Volkswagens alive?

00:45:01.892 --> 00:45:06.272
Drive them. You let them sit. They won't Act right.

00:45:06.512 --> 00:45:10.292
You got to drive them. You got to use them. Don't trailer them.

00:45:10.792 --> 00:45:14.432
Don't just go out there once a month and fire it up for five minutes and go,

00:45:14.592 --> 00:45:15.712
it's good enough. It ran.

00:45:16.272 --> 00:45:21.972
It's a carbureted engine. It's not fuel injected. You can't let the gas sit

00:45:21.972 --> 00:45:23.372
there forever. You know what I mean?

00:45:24.132 --> 00:45:28.212
Take her out, go to the store, go to the gym, go grocery shopping,

00:45:28.212 --> 00:45:33.552
go Home Depot. So, man, I had a roof rack, not in the picture,

00:45:33.712 --> 00:45:36.052
but I had a roof rack on Jawbreaker for the longest time.

00:45:36.172 --> 00:45:43.072
I actually went to Home Depot and put three privacy fence sections on the roof rack, strapped it down.

00:45:43.212 --> 00:45:46.472
And I thought I was going to go airborne on the way home, but I kept it under 35.

00:45:47.092 --> 00:45:51.632
But, you know, use them. Take them out. Use them. It's hot out.

00:45:51.772 --> 00:45:53.712
So go earlier in the morning or late at night.

00:45:54.352 --> 00:45:58.092
Drive your car. Yeah, I had somebody come on the podcast a while back.

00:45:58.092 --> 00:46:00.752
And I don't know if this ever made it to the final production,

00:46:00.992 --> 00:46:02.752
but they said something similar.

00:46:02.912 --> 00:46:05.132
They said, these cars are designed to be driven.

00:46:05.412 --> 00:46:08.572
If you let them sit, they will quit. Yeah.

00:46:08.892 --> 00:46:12.592
If you let them sit, they will quit. That always kind of- I love that. Yeah.

00:46:13.272 --> 00:46:17.172
All right, man. I got some rapid fire questions for you. All right, let's do it.

00:46:17.492 --> 00:46:21.592
A fast response. All right. Favorite tool in your toolbox? Me.

00:46:22.892 --> 00:46:29.812
Oh, my impact. Impact. All right. dream build money no object I can't honestly

00:46:29.812 --> 00:46:32.432
think of one dude I'm happy with what I have,

00:46:33.172 --> 00:46:37.912
Most overrated VW of all time? 23 window.

00:46:38.692 --> 00:46:42.332
23 window. Funny. I said that earlier.

00:46:44.412 --> 00:46:49.712
Most frustrating repair that you've ever done? When I did the rear IRS wheel

00:46:49.712 --> 00:46:52.312
bearings for the first time, and I actually recorded it.

00:46:53.052 --> 00:46:59.172
I want to say there was probably 90% of the video I couldn't use because I was

00:46:59.172 --> 00:47:04.072
just staring at it, trying to figure it out. And that was in the early days of recording.

00:47:04.272 --> 00:47:09.212
So that's when I learned that if I'm not 100% sure, do one side or record the

00:47:09.212 --> 00:47:11.432
other. Good strategy, actually. Yeah.

00:47:13.212 --> 00:47:18.492
Are you a cat guy or a dog guy? Dog. I love all animals, but dog over cat.

00:47:18.852 --> 00:47:22.132
Yeah, I love all animals. I am a dog guy too.

00:47:22.632 --> 00:47:25.032
However, been with my wife 25 years.

00:47:25.952 --> 00:47:30.772
When my wife came into the picture, I had to get accustomed to cats because

00:47:30.772 --> 00:47:32.672
she had a couple or one or something.

00:47:32.992 --> 00:47:34.752
And then we ended up with one.

00:47:35.212 --> 00:47:37.792
And now I just think they're the coolest animals ever, dude.

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I mean, they. I'm not. I'm not going to lie, dude. I mean, when I was single

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before my wife, I had a cat.

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I wasn't home much. You know what I mean? So I kind of ruled it was better than nothing.

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It's like, here's food. Here's water. Here's a box. Peace out.

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I'm heading out for two days. Yes. Yes.

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But, I mean, if I have my pick, dogs are, I don't know, man.

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They can usually sense and feel you more than a cat can, usually.

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Well, that we know of, I think, right, that they might express.

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Because I'm going to tell you, man, my cats, over time now, 20-something years.

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They've really been very intuitive. You know how they say a cat chooses you?

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Kind of like these doves. They kind of choose us, right?

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But they say a cat chooses you. I've had that happen to me in my life.

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If I've actually had a cat run up on me in the middle of the street,

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I'm on my morning walk and just not leave me alone.

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And I try to shush it away or whatever. And I come back the next day and it's there.

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Yep. You know, two, three, four days goes by. I finally lean down and say,

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yo, dude, you coming home or what? Yep.

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Exactly. I mean, and don't get me wrong. I mean, you know, I've got a,

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we've got two cats and a dog.

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And the one cat we have is Mancun, which is a huge cat.

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Yeah. He is like long hair, 25 pounds, and he thinks he's a full-size lab.

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He will follow you around, meow at you, jump up on you, tap you like, hello, look at me.

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I come home from work and he'll sit over in the corner and wait for the dog

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to come down and then come up to me and be like, oh, it's my turn now.

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So, I mean, yeah, I mean, it's, I mean, I'm not against cats.

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We have two cats. I love them both.

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I'm just, you know. I feel you. I feel you. Yeah. I've just,

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I've always been more of a dog person than a cat person.

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Me too. I can train my dog. Again.

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My cat doesn't sit, shake.

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No. No. Right. It doesn't, it doesn't, it doesn't leave it. It doesn't stay, nothing.

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You know, a cat's going to do what it wants, which is part of the cool part.

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It is. I agree. If a music or song has to be on while you're working out in

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the garage, who are you listening to?

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See, that's the problem. I record, so there is no music, which sucks.

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Well, what if you were not recording and you were just wrenching?

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See, that all depends on the mood then. Is it classic rock? Is it more heavy

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rock? Is it metal? Is it country?

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Is it some older R&B?

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Yeah. Is it some reggae baby? I mean, it's like, hey, what's the mood today?

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What's striking me? that's what plays.

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Okay. I can take that. All right. Yeah.

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Bucket list road trip. Time and money didn't matter. Correct.

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Dude, I would travel anywhere and everywhere. I'd never stop.

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I would never stop, dude. I'd head out West. I'd head to Canada. I'd hit to Alaska.

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I'd probably put it on a ship and go over to Europe or something,

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man. I'd travel anywhere and everywhere I could.

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I honestly would. But if money and time is an object,

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then it's going to be wherever i can go you're going

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to no dough we know that going to no dough and bug jam yeah yeah yeah i'll see

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you there for sure yeah man if vw had a personality by itself what would it

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be like how would you describe it it'd be one quirky red-headed step kid black sheep of the family.

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It just all depends on the the i mean all right have you ever seen that post

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where it's like you know, it's got the guy from the office sitting there and he's like, it's fixed.

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I love this thing. What's that noise?

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I hate this thing. Right. So what mood are we talking about here?

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There's different stages.

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Man, tell me how people can find you if they want to look up the YouTube channel,

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you know, if you have any shout outs that you want to give or anything,

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you know, good. Yeah. Now's a good time.

00:51:30.449 --> 00:51:34.429
Yeah, man. You can find pretty much everything on vwjawbreaker.com.

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I've got a website sitting there.

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I need to update it more. PSA. I'm sorry about that.

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It's been a while. But, I mean, you know, the merch links are there.

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Some build links are there.

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Donation links, PayPal for stickers, things of that nature. You can find VW

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Jawbreaker on Instagram and YouTube.

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And shout out, Wise Man, shout out to you for taking the time to do this,

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to organize stuff like this, man.

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I mean, how else are we supposed to get to know one another and spread the love

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and passion that we have if it's not for people like you doing this?

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And that's a wrap for this episode of Dub Life Diaries.

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I'm signing off. I'll catch you all in the next video.

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