BONUS EPISODE - Subiefest Texas 2024

[00:00:10] Travis Pastrana here and this is Subiefest Texas.

[00:00:13] Yes, well, well, well, I finally got Travis Pastrana on the mic, but no, I did not get a full interview.

[00:00:21] I was waiting in line, like everybody else, to get an autograph from Travis and from Rihannan and from Bucky Lassik.

[00:00:32] And I had my mics with me and so I asked him if he would say, hey, this is Travis Pastrana at Subiefest Texas.

[00:00:39] And he did. So thank you so much, Travis, if you're listening to this.

[00:00:45] But I really appreciate all that you do for your fans.

[00:00:48] So now I can officially say that I had Travis Pastrana on the podcast.

[00:00:53] Hopefully at some point I can get him in an actual interview and at least get a little bit of time with him.

[00:01:00] But we will see if that can happen. So I'll do what I can.

[00:01:05] And if it happens, it happens. If not, that's okay, too. But I'm just thankful I was finally able to meet him.

[00:01:13] And of course, finally able to meet Rihannan Gelsimino.

[00:01:16] And it's always great seeing Bucky Lassik. And I just appreciate all the time that they dedicate to their sport and also the time that they give to all of us to be able to see them and to sign autographs and say hello and take photos.

[00:01:32] Because I know that at these events, these guys and girls, they are crazy busy.

[00:01:38] They're being pulled here and there. You know, you have to come to this at this time in the event.

[00:01:44] You have to come to that. And so being at these events, you can see them running around, you know, going to different parts of the event to attend different things, to do autographs, to speak, whatever it may be.

[00:01:58] And they're really, really busy. And so for them to take time to do the autographs and to say hi as they're walking around, talking, you know, just seeing the cars and stuff.

[00:02:09] I mean, it's it's really it means a lot to all of us that you take the time to do that.

[00:02:13] So we all thank you all very, very much.

[00:02:16] I decided to do an intro while I was at Subie Fest, Texas, since I had the mics in hand.

[00:02:23] And I said, you know, hey, I'm going to do an intro here and not wait till I get back to my quote unquote studio.

[00:02:28] But I can't help myself. I'm here in front of the mic. I'm editing this episode.

[00:02:33] I'm getting excited to put this out so that everybody can hear it.

[00:02:37] And and I hope you enjoy it because there was a lot of me walking around with the microphones and not actually interviewing anybody.

[00:02:46] So there was over. Let's see.

[00:02:50] I just counted it up and there was roughly about six hours of total audio.

[00:02:55] And of course, this isn't going to be a six hour episode.

[00:02:59] It's probably going to end up being like maybe an hour and a half or something.

[00:03:03] But that six hours, a lot of that was just me walking around, enjoying the show and talking to my daughter and my son.

[00:03:12] But I do have bits of just random conversation where I would just had the mics on me.

[00:03:18] So you'll hear some of that throughout the episode.

[00:03:21] And and I will there's parts where it'll be playing and then I'll do a little intro of like what's going to be happening in that audio segment.

[00:03:30] So you'll see.

[00:03:30] I also want to give a huge shout out to Matthew, who is the Subaru of America DFW Zone Retailer Marketing Manager.

[00:03:39] So he is like in charge of all of the local retailers in the DFW area.

[00:03:44] So he set me up with the booth this year and he set me up with the booth last year at Subifest Texas.

[00:03:50] And so my role this year was to interview the winners of raffles and giveaways that the different retailers were doing.

[00:04:00] And so I was able to do that.

[00:04:03] And so that was just part of it.

[00:04:05] But then, you know, of course, he said, go out and enjoy the show and enjoy your time with your family because he knew that my kids were going to be there.

[00:04:12] So thank you so much, Matthew, for having me out again.

[00:04:16] I really appreciate it.

[00:04:17] And it was a great show and I think it turned out really well.

[00:04:21] So, but yeah, this is the bonus episode from Subifest Texas.

[00:04:27] Again, I hope you really enjoy it.

[00:04:29] Some of it's just a mashup of stuff.

[00:04:31] There's some good ASMR throughout the audio or throughout the episode of Betty and the family huckster.

[00:04:40] And then just some, like I said, some random conversations.

[00:04:43] But so without further ado, we'll go ahead and get into this episode.

[00:04:49] And again, I hope you enjoy.

[00:05:02] All right.

[00:05:03] So I am at Subifest Texas and I decided that I'm just going to do the intro to the podcast or to this bonus episode here.

[00:05:12] Instead of waiting till I get back to my quote unquote studio in my closet.

[00:05:18] Why not do the intro here?

[00:05:20] So welcome to the bonus episode from Subifest Texas.

[00:05:26] I'm walking around right now.

[00:05:28] I've already seen a few people that I know to say hi.

[00:05:32] And there's Anthony from previously Huffine Subaru.

[00:05:37] But yeah, this is doing the event here live.

[00:05:42] I mean, it's not going to be live when you hear it.

[00:05:44] But anyway, it'll be a good episode.

[00:05:46] So I already saw Rian and said hi briefly.

[00:05:49] I'm going over to the Subaru Motorsports USA trailer.

[00:05:52] I'm going to say hi to my friend Irina.

[00:05:55] And yeah, so welcome to the bonus episode of the Subinu podcast at Subifest Texas.

[00:06:02] What you hear in the background is Betty getting some good content here for you.

[00:06:49] Now I'm walking over here with the fam to the car show to check out all these awesome Subarus.

[00:06:55] And I'm going to go say hi to...

[00:06:56] I'm the fam.

[00:06:57] I'm the fam.

[00:06:58] Yes.

[00:06:58] There's Catherine on the mic.

[00:07:00] How's it going?

[00:07:00] I'm the fam.

[00:07:01] What do you think of Subifest Texas so far?

[00:07:02] Very good.

[00:07:03] Very good.

[00:07:03] Yeah.

[00:07:04] Nice.

[00:07:04] I'm seeing a lot of Subis.

[00:07:06] I'm seeing a lot of festival activity.

[00:07:08] Carla.

[00:07:10] Hey.

[00:07:11] Hey.

[00:07:12] Good.

[00:07:12] How are you doing?

[00:07:13] Good.

[00:07:13] Nice to see you.

[00:07:14] Are you recording?

[00:07:15] Yeah, I am recording.

[00:07:16] Oh my goodness.

[00:07:17] Hi, everybody.

[00:07:18] Hello.

[00:07:19] Look at the Jack Skellington.

[00:07:21] Yeah.

[00:07:21] Oh, that's so cute.

[00:07:24] Oh, get it?

[00:07:25] Because the dog's name is Zero?

[00:07:29] Bluey.

[00:07:30] Bluey.

[00:07:31] Look how much Alice lift is.

[00:07:32] Bluey.

[00:07:33] Tigger.

[00:07:35] Hey, John.

[00:07:36] Hey, you can get on the mic with me now.

[00:07:38] Good morning.

[00:07:39] Good morning.

[00:07:40] How's it going?

[00:07:40] Good morning, world.

[00:07:41] Yeah, how's it going?

[00:07:42] Outstanding.

[00:07:43] Yeah.

[00:07:43] Excellent.

[00:07:44] I'm here.

[00:07:44] We're having a good time.

[00:07:45] Yeah, I like the Crosstrek.

[00:07:48] It's looking good.

[00:07:50] Going with the less is more theme this year.

[00:07:52] A little bit.

[00:07:53] Less?

[00:07:56] So, oh man, yeah, you've got a lot of stuff, though.

[00:07:58] It looks good.

[00:07:59] It looks good.

[00:08:00] Have you taken it off-road lately?

[00:08:02] We have not lately.

[00:08:04] We did do the Mirus Adventure Park, and we did Bridgeport.

[00:08:08] Okay, yeah, Bridgeport's fun.

[00:08:10] This year, and we're planning on doing Big Bend in December.

[00:08:13] Nice.

[00:08:14] Nice.

[00:08:15] Nice.

[00:08:16] I still got to make it up and do a legit episode with you.

[00:08:19] I know.

[00:08:20] All in good time.

[00:08:21] It'll happen.

[00:08:22] Yeah.

[00:08:22] Yeah.

[00:08:22] I've got more time now, so it'll be easier for me.

[00:08:26] I still want to come down to Houston and do the cheeseburger loop.

[00:08:29] Yeah, it's okay.

[00:08:30] It's just...

[00:08:30] It's something different.

[00:08:31] Yeah, it is, yeah.

[00:08:32] I mean, it's just gravel roads, but it's beautiful up there.

[00:08:36] Added to the list.

[00:08:37] Yeah.

[00:08:37] Yeah.

[00:08:37] So, I took her and her...

[00:08:40] My daughter and her cross-trek out to Bastrop already, so...

[00:08:43] I haven't been out there in quite a while.

[00:08:45] Is it still good?

[00:08:46] I haven't been out there in a while either.

[00:08:48] The last time I went out there was with them.

[00:08:49] Oh, I did see when you posted it.

[00:08:50] And I think that was maybe three months ago or so, something like that, because she got

[00:08:55] her cross-trek, I think, in April, I believe.

[00:08:59] So...

[00:09:00] But yeah, but this is my daughter, Catherine.

[00:09:02] Hi, good to meet you.

[00:09:04] She's got a 2024 cross-trek, and that's her husband, Ian, and then my son...

[00:09:08] Did you meet my son, Luke?

[00:09:09] I haven't met him before.

[00:09:10] Oh, okay.

[00:09:10] Good to meet you as well.

[00:09:12] I thought I had.

[00:09:13] Maybe.

[00:09:13] I don't know.

[00:09:14] It's so busy.

[00:09:17] Yeah, I know.

[00:09:17] Thank you.

[00:09:19] It's really nice.

[00:09:19] But also, I just love Winnie the Sue and Tiger.

[00:09:24] Well, that's kind of how he got the name.

[00:09:26] It's orange with black stripes and a lot of fun, so...

[00:09:29] Yeah.

[00:09:30] Why not?

[00:09:30] He's definitely having fun with it.

[00:09:32] When did you put the horns on it, or have you had those?

[00:09:34] Those went on this year.

[00:09:36] Okay.

[00:09:36] So we've got a few new additions this year.

[00:09:39] Of course, we had a deer in January.

[00:09:41] Yeah.

[00:09:41] So I had to get all that taken care of.

[00:09:44] We added the Trails by Grim speed covers.

[00:09:48] We added unfocused off-road light covers.

[00:09:54] And added the Gampro air horns.

[00:09:56] They're just little simple ones off of Amazon.

[00:09:59] Pretty loud, though, I'm sure.

[00:10:00] Oh, they're awesome.

[00:10:01] They're amazing.

[00:10:02] They definitely get your attention.

[00:10:04] And then we've got a new goodie this year in the back here that I just put in this week.

[00:10:10] Can I give a plug to somebody?

[00:10:12] Of course.

[00:10:12] Absolutely.

[00:10:13] Okay, so Rado Designs makes molly panels now for the rear hatch of the Crosstrek.

[00:10:18] Okay.

[00:10:19] And he was very kind to powder coat them in the exact same powder coat I got on the outside of the car.

[00:10:28] So get everything tied in together.

[00:10:30] Yeah, and I like your setup, how you've got everything strapped in.

[00:10:34] It looks good.

[00:10:35] Yep.

[00:10:35] So that's my off-road and recovery side of the car.

[00:10:38] Uh-huh.

[00:10:39] And then this is my kayaking side of the car.

[00:10:41] Okay.

[00:10:41] So we're covering the whole aspect of Subaru versatility.

[00:10:45] Nice.

[00:10:45] Yeah, how often do you go kayaking?

[00:10:47] We try and go every couple weeks.

[00:10:49] Okay.

[00:10:50] Easily every couple weeks.

[00:10:51] Yeah.

[00:10:51] We've got hard shells, and then we've got the foldable kayaks.

[00:10:56] Okay.

[00:10:56] So for like a weekend like this, where tomorrow we're going to go somewhere in the Dallas area and get on a lake and go kayaking,

[00:11:03] I don't have to pull the trailer.

[00:11:05] Yeah.

[00:11:05] I don't have to put them on the roof rack.

[00:11:07] How do the foldable ones do?

[00:11:08] They're pretty good.

[00:11:09] Yeah.

[00:11:12] It makes a quality product.

[00:11:13] Nice.

[00:11:14] There I am plugging someone again.

[00:11:15] Yeah.

[00:11:16] So do you all go camping as well, or do you just go out for the day?

[00:11:19] We're not really campers.

[00:11:20] We're Airbnb-ers.

[00:11:22] Yeah.

[00:11:22] That's where we're at now.

[00:11:23] We're at an Airbnb.

[00:11:24] It's nice.

[00:11:24] We're going to do Vrbo or Airbnb.

[00:11:26] Okay.

[00:11:26] And do our adventures based from there.

[00:11:29] Nice.

[00:11:30] Yeah.

[00:11:30] Yeah.

[00:11:31] I'm good.

[00:11:31] It's nice to see you again.

[00:11:33] It's great to see you again as well.

[00:11:34] I have something for you too.

[00:11:36] I have a...

[00:11:37] This is for Subifest, Texas only.

[00:11:43] Okay.

[00:11:45] It's not orange.

[00:11:46] Well, that's okay.

[00:11:47] I've got a spot for non-orange decals now.

[00:11:50] Excellent.

[00:11:51] There you go.

[00:11:51] And I need a pearl one too.

[00:11:53] Okay.

[00:11:53] Yeah.

[00:11:53] I wasn't sure if you had one of pearl.

[00:11:55] No.

[00:11:55] Don't.

[00:11:55] The only ones I've got right now are...

[00:12:00] You have a podcast.

[00:12:01] Because I know you have an orange detail.

[00:12:03] I did.

[00:12:03] But, you know, the sun got so burnt...

[00:12:06] Really?

[00:12:06] ...that I had to put vinyl on it.

[00:12:10] Oh, okay.

[00:12:10] So we're cheating...

[00:12:11] Oh, but you still got it there, but...

[00:12:12] No, I don't think it's there anymore.

[00:12:14] Oh.

[00:12:15] Oh, okay.

[00:12:15] Yeah.

[00:12:15] I had to clean all this and put...

[00:12:17] Oh, yeah, yeah.

[00:12:18] ...carbon fiber vinyl on it because it was sunburned so bad.

[00:12:21] Who made you the first one?

[00:12:23] Was it...

[00:12:25] I want to say eccentric.

[00:12:27] Okay.

[00:12:27] That's what I thought.

[00:12:28] Yeah.

[00:12:28] I'm pretty sure she did.

[00:12:29] I'm sure I can contact her again if she'll put it for me.

[00:12:31] Yeah.

[00:12:32] So.

[00:12:34] Nice.

[00:12:34] Well, nice to see you again, John.

[00:12:36] Yeah.

[00:12:36] We're going to go make our way around and check out some other cars too.

[00:12:39] All right.

[00:12:40] Have a wonderful day.

[00:12:41] How can you not?

[00:12:42] Yeah.

[00:12:42] I know.

[00:12:43] It was beautiful today too.

[00:12:44] Yep.

[00:12:44] All right.

[00:12:45] Thank you.

[00:12:45] Thank you.

[00:12:46] You're welcome.

[00:12:46] Okay.

[00:12:47] I hope that after all of the processing is done and after Buzzsprout takes the file

[00:12:53] and runs it through magic mastering, which helps to bring up the levels and clean up

[00:12:58] the audio.

[00:12:59] I hope that this bit of audio comes out pretty good because this is where I met Yuji.

[00:13:04] And Yuji is the person that got me in touch with Rian and Gelsimino.

[00:13:08] He also got me in touch with Warwick Patterson and Christopher Bowes, the creators of Subaru

[00:13:13] Launch Control.

[00:13:14] And I've been talking to Yuji for a really long time.

[00:13:18] And, you know, the only events that I knew that he was definitely going to were typically

[00:13:23] the rally events because he's part of Vermont Sports Car.

[00:13:27] And he's just, he plays a big part in Vermont Sports Car, Subaru Motorsports USA.

[00:13:33] And I've been hoping that at some point I would meet him.

[00:13:40] And this is, I, I didn't know he was coming to Subie Fest, Texas until I think a few days

[00:13:45] before he was actually going to be there.

[00:13:48] And he texted me and said that he was going to be there.

[00:13:51] And I was super, super excited to meet him because he's made some things possible with

[00:13:58] the podcast.

[00:13:58] And it's a really, really big deal to me.

[00:14:01] So this is where I met him and where I also finally got to meet Rian and Gelsimino.

[00:14:07] So that was really cool.

[00:14:08] And then I ended up having a conversation with Ryan, who is a guy that's been doing the audio

[00:14:13] and video content for Bucky.

[00:14:15] And we were talking about my Rode Wireless Pro.

[00:14:20] And I think I might have convinced them to upgrade and use that system.

[00:14:25] So that's kind of cool that I had that and I was able to influence somebody else to, you

[00:14:30] know, upgrade their equipment.

[00:14:32] So it'd be cool to see if that's what they end up doing.

[00:14:34] But here we go.

[00:14:37] How are you?

[00:14:38] Oh, man.

[00:14:40] It's a long time coming.

[00:14:42] Good.

[00:14:42] Nice to meet you.

[00:14:44] Fuck.

[00:14:46] How are you?

[00:14:47] Good, good.

[00:14:49] You know Ryan?

[00:14:50] You ever meet him?

[00:14:51] Ryan?

[00:14:51] How you doing?

[00:14:52] You guys get him on rallies, I think.

[00:14:53] We are doing this together.

[00:14:57] Hey, you two.

[00:14:58] Really?

[00:14:58] How are you?

[00:14:59] You've been hiding on me.

[00:15:00] Yeah.

[00:15:01] I was.

[00:15:02] Just kidding.

[00:15:03] Hey, congrats on meeting you.

[00:15:05] You've been to the world.

[00:15:06] Nice end to the season.

[00:15:08] One more point.

[00:15:10] Really?

[00:15:11] You need to rub it in.

[00:15:13] Is that all it was?

[00:15:15] I've now lost an Australian Championship by that and an American Championship by that.

[00:15:19] It sucks.

[00:15:20] We've got it.

[00:15:21] Yeah, what's that?

[00:15:21] All right.

[00:15:22] Yeah.

[00:15:24] Exactly.

[00:15:28] Hello.

[00:15:28] Hey, how are you, mate?

[00:15:30] Good to see you.

[00:15:31] Good to see you, too.

[00:15:32] Sorry, I've always been running.

[00:15:33] I don't know.

[00:15:34] It's okay.

[00:15:36] You looking forward to it?

[00:15:38] Oh, yeah.

[00:15:39] I don't know what the day is going to hold, but, you know.

[00:15:41] Oh, it should be awesome.

[00:15:42] So do you have a booth you're running today?

[00:15:43] Or are you walking around?

[00:15:45] Well, so last year, and then when I was at Subie Fest California and any other events that I've had,

[00:15:50] I had my mixing board and my laptop, and I had, like, mics and mic stands and headphones and stuff.

[00:15:57] And then I bought this.

[00:15:58] And now it's like I don't have to just sit in one spot all day.

[00:16:03] Oh, it kind of moves.

[00:16:04] Yeah.

[00:16:04] And these things work out amazing.

[00:16:06] So what makes it work?

[00:16:08] And these are, like, independent microphones.

[00:16:11] And so they record up to 50 hours of audio, and they have a 7-hour battery life.

[00:16:16] Also, the little case that it comes in charges these back up.

[00:16:24] So you can get, like, two full charges from the case.

[00:16:27] What are they?

[00:16:27] Can you pop that up?

[00:16:27] Yeah.

[00:16:28] It's a Rode Wireless Pro.

[00:16:29] Oh, yeah.

[00:16:30] They're the new ones.

[00:16:31] Yeah.

[00:16:31] We're running with the old setup right now.

[00:16:33] Because what's nice about these is these have 32-bit float, so you don't get, like, the clipping.

[00:16:38] Yeah.

[00:16:38] And then I don't, with the old ones, it doesn't record onto the device, right?

[00:16:43] It just transmits the audio.

[00:16:45] These you can actually record onto these, which is why I wanted to get these.

[00:16:49] Because I did 48 hours of Tri-State back in January.

[00:16:52] Yeah, yeah.

[00:16:52] And this, yeah, so this guy wanted me to do, like, in-car content.

[00:16:59] And I'm like, I don't know how I'm going to do that.

[00:17:00] Like, I don't want to use my phone.

[00:17:01] It's not going to do it justice.

[00:17:03] And so these also have, so they come out of here, but they also have clamps.

[00:17:09] So we just put them on our seatbelt.

[00:17:11] And then it also has, like, a little fuzzy little thing that you can put on there.

[00:17:16] Fun fact about those clamps, they actually fit into shotgun.

[00:17:20] Yeah, yeah, I saw that.

[00:17:21] Because I don't have, like, a camera set up.

[00:17:23] I just, but you can use it with your phone, too.

[00:17:25] I've used it with my phone before.

[00:17:27] It's a little connector, too.

[00:17:27] Oh, yeah.

[00:17:28] Can you use it with the dongle adapter?

[00:17:31] So I have, like, I have a little, I can't remember the brand of the mount that I have.

[00:17:37] But it has a little slot to slide the thing in there.

[00:17:41] And then it just uses USB-C to lightning to the phone.

[00:17:45] And you open up the Rode app just to make sure it's connected.

[00:17:48] And then when you record regular video, it records the audio.

[00:17:50] I'd love to get them there.

[00:17:51] Yeah.

[00:17:52] I was, I was, that's because when I was at the Huffines event, I was recording with Bucky with these and everybody else.

[00:17:58] And I was showing him, and I sent him a link.

[00:18:00] So he was like, yeah, let's check it out.

[00:18:03] Yeah, well, I'll see you around.

[00:18:04] I gotta go find cars.

[00:18:05] All right.

[00:18:06] You, too.

[00:18:06] Sorry about your name.

[00:18:08] Yeah.

[00:18:10] Let me do this.

[00:18:12] Yep.

[00:18:13] All right.

[00:18:13] Yeah.

[00:18:14] This is, uh, this is my son.

[00:18:16] What?

[00:18:17] This, hello, Luke.

[00:18:18] This is Yuji.

[00:18:19] Nice to meet you.

[00:18:20] This is my daughter, Catherine.

[00:18:21] Hi, Yuji.

[00:18:21] Nice to meet you.

[00:18:22] And this is Ian.

[00:18:23] Nice to meet you.

[00:18:24] So he's, he's the one that got me in touch with Rihanna and the people that run, uh, Subaru launch

[00:18:29] control and everything.

[00:18:31] So we've been talking for a long time and finally get to meet you.

[00:18:34] I'm so excited.

[00:18:36] I have something for you, too.

[00:18:37] Oh, okay.

[00:18:38] So you make music, right?

[00:18:40] You compose music?

[00:18:41] Well, so he, yeah, what he did is he had one, I guess it was the summer of COVID.

[00:18:47] He was, I guess he was bored and he, he made a, he made a bunch of music, uh, on launch pad

[00:18:54] and then I just used it.

[00:18:56] Nice.

[00:18:56] Yeah.

[00:18:57] So I have, actually, hold on.

[00:19:01] It's a musical.

[00:19:02] Yes.

[00:19:04] But yes, I mean, he plays trombone, she plays French horn and a bunch of other stuff.

[00:19:08] He plays trombone.

[00:19:09] And you found you.

[00:19:10] And you found you.

[00:19:11] Thank you.

[00:19:12] You're welcome.

[00:19:13] I can play you for the new one.

[00:19:14] I'm going to give one to Rihanna.

[00:19:16] I have something for you.

[00:19:23] Hi, Luke.

[00:19:25] Hey, students.

[00:19:26] Oh my gosh, that's awesome.

[00:19:28] Thanks, mate.

[00:19:29] You're welcome.

[00:19:30] I just was like, wait.

[00:19:30] That's too funny.

[00:19:31] That is so funny.

[00:19:35] Bucky.

[00:19:46] Okay.

[00:19:47] Okay.

[00:19:47] I'll come back.

[00:19:47] Okay.

[00:19:48] Where are you going to be?

[00:19:49] Just around.

[00:19:49] Around?

[00:19:50] I'll go set up in my booth when, once they open everything up, if it's not already open,

[00:19:55] just so I can hang out there and talk to people for a little bit.

[00:19:58] So, all right.

[00:19:59] I'll come find you.

[00:19:59] Okay.

[00:20:00] I'll see you around.

[00:20:01] Okay.

[00:20:02] Okay.

[00:20:02] Okay.

[00:20:02] For context of this event and the recording and what I was doing, I had my backpack on

[00:20:10] backwards.

[00:20:10] Basically, I had it on the front and I had my microphones just either laying in my backpack

[00:20:16] with the mics pointing up or I was carrying them in my hand.

[00:20:20] And it just kind of depended on whether or not I wanted to carry them in my hands.

[00:20:25] But I'm leaving in some candid conversation that I was having with people, not necessarily

[00:20:31] with them on the mic.

[00:20:33] But as I'm listening to this audio, I realized that it picked up the audio of me talking to

[00:20:39] certain people.

[00:20:39] So, while I do have actual interviews where I handed the mic to somebody and then, of course,

[00:20:45] I've got a mic as well, I decided to leave in these little bits of conversation.

[00:20:50] So, that's what you're going to hear right now, but you'll hear it throughout this whole

[00:20:55] episode as well.

[00:20:56] So, enjoy.

[00:21:17] I'm going to go back to my booth.

[00:21:25] As of right now, SubiFest Texas is officially open.

[00:21:29] They're letting people in and I'm going to go back to my booth.

[00:21:32] I hang out there and see if anybody wants to come around and say hi.

[00:21:37] So, hopefully that's what they'll know to look for me there.

[00:21:41] But that's where I'm headed now.

[00:21:45] Little updates from the event as you listen to this, the recorded version of this.

[00:21:51] I saw Bucky.

[00:21:53] I saw Rihanna and finally got to say hi.

[00:21:55] Oh.

[00:21:57] What's up, man?

[00:21:58] Recording.

[00:21:59] I am.

[00:22:00] That's cool.

[00:22:00] How are you doing?

[00:22:01] I'm good, man.

[00:22:01] I'm good.

[00:22:02] Yeah.

[00:22:03] Excited.

[00:22:03] Yeah, me too.

[00:22:04] I'm going to go, since the sale's been officially open, I'm going to go over to my booth and

[00:22:07] hang out there.

[00:22:08] Nice.

[00:22:08] Where's your booth at?

[00:22:09] It's, um, you know, so where the big blow-up dog is.

[00:22:12] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:22:12] I'm right over there.

[00:22:13] Okay, cool.

[00:22:14] So, yeah.

[00:22:14] All right, man.

[00:22:15] I'll go catch you over there.

[00:22:16] Okay.

[00:22:16] Cool.

[00:22:16] See you around.

[00:22:18] And right now, for your listening pleasure, I've got some nice Betty and Family Huckster

[00:22:24] ASMR for you.

[00:22:26] We've got the Family Huckster started up.

[00:22:45] And we've got Betty started up again.

[00:22:47] So that's what you're hearing in the background.

[00:22:50] I'm over by the Family Huckster right now.

[00:22:58] Over with Betty.

[00:23:22] Yeah.

[00:24:39] Hello.

[00:24:42] Yes, it's nice.

[00:24:44] I like seeing all the cars out here.

[00:24:46] Yeah.

[00:24:46] Yeah.

[00:24:51] I don't know.

[00:24:51] I like going walking around looking at all the cars.

[00:24:53] Yeah.

[00:24:54] Luke said the Bluey car.

[00:24:55] I'm wearing a Bluey sweatshirt right now.

[00:24:57] Oh, that's perfect.

[00:24:59] That's appropriate.

[00:24:59] Three cars named Bluey.

[00:25:01] Yeah.

[00:25:02] So I had to go take a picture with them.

[00:25:03] We also saw a Gengar-themed car, which was really cool.

[00:25:07] Nice.

[00:25:07] Had a lot of, like, really cool little, you know, I'm a nerd, so I was nerding out over

[00:25:12] the little Gengar details and decals all over that car.

[00:25:17] And then, of course, my tent is over here by the head adoption, so I know you're freaking

[00:25:23] out about that.

[00:25:23] That's really dangerous because we already have a lot of animals.

[00:25:26] Yeah.

[00:25:28] No room for another one right now.

[00:25:29] Well, we definitely can't have a dog right now, and so I'm a little bummed about that.

[00:25:35] But, you know, it's nice seeing all of the dogs, but I can't have any of them.

[00:25:40] Yeah.

[00:25:41] Well, that's cool because you got a chance to finally meet Bucky.

[00:25:44] Yes, that was cool.

[00:25:45] And you met Rihanna and Gelsomino.

[00:25:46] Yeah, that was cool.

[00:25:47] They're all really nice.

[00:25:48] Yeah.

[00:25:48] Yeah, it's, I, the Subaru has, and all the people that are involved with Subaru have been

[00:25:55] very nice, and they've been very good to me.

[00:25:58] It's been very, I feel very fortunate that they're able to set me up at the booth here

[00:26:02] and introduce me to people, so.

[00:26:04] They, you know, and I think it's nice, too, with the Subaru community.

[00:26:09] They're a lot, I feel like, compared to some of the other communities, they're a lot more

[00:26:15] genuine and, you know, just more welcoming and very genuine people.

[00:26:22] Yeah, yeah.

[00:26:23] It's also such a nice day, too, because the temperature is.

[00:26:27] It is very nice.

[00:26:27] It's very cool right now.

[00:26:29] Very nice.

[00:26:30] Especially in the shade.

[00:26:31] Yes, in the shade.

[00:26:32] There's a breeze.

[00:26:33] It feels good out here.

[00:26:35] Yes, indeed.

[00:26:36] Indeed.

[00:26:39] They're going to bring out Bucky's car in a little bit.

[00:26:43] Betty.

[00:26:44] Yeah.

[00:26:44] You'll get to watch him.

[00:26:45] He'll be driving and doing donuts over there.

[00:26:47] I'm excited.

[00:26:47] I was looking at some of the other people driving around out there, and it was really cool.

[00:26:51] Yeah.

[00:26:52] So, people like to come out and bring their cars and just drive them around on the track,

[00:26:56] and, you know, just, there's a lot of, there's different aspects to Subie Fest,

[00:27:01] because if you want to go drive your car over there, you have to, like, wait in line.

[00:27:04] Yeah.

[00:27:05] And you don't really get a chance to come out and see the, too much of the show.

[00:27:08] If you're showing your car, you have to pretty much stay by your car most of the time.

[00:27:13] Right.

[00:27:14] And then, if you're doing the exhaust competition, you can't be in the show because you can't

[00:27:20] leave your spot.

[00:27:21] Right.

[00:27:21] So, I found out, Luke, Clifford, Clifford's not in the show because she wants to do the

[00:27:27] exhaust competition.

[00:27:29] And you can't be in the show and do the exhaust competition.

[00:27:34] I don't have enough bells.

[00:27:35] Because it's going to be louder because she has no muffler.

[00:27:37] She has no muffler on her car.

[00:27:38] Yeah, that's my fault, I think.

[00:27:40] I mean, you know, that works if that makes it louder.

[00:27:43] Yeah.

[00:27:43] So, but.

[00:27:44] Uh-oh.

[00:27:45] My muffler just conveniently fell off right before the exhaust competition.

[00:27:50] Yeah, it was a lot louder after we, uh, after that happened.

[00:27:57] Huh?

[00:28:00] I, I don't, I don't think so.

[00:28:02] It's still exhaust.

[00:28:03] Doesn't have to have a muffler.

[00:28:04] I mean, yeah.

[00:28:05] So, it'll be interesting to check that out.

[00:28:08] Right.

[00:28:09] So, but yeah, I'm supposed to, at some point, the different dealerships that are around

[00:28:15] here that are surrounding me, the Subaru dealerships, they're going to be doing giveaways.

[00:28:20] And then I'm supposed to interview the person who won the giveaway and also the dealerships.

[00:28:27] Oh, cool.

[00:28:28] Yeah.

[00:28:28] So, that's part of my role here.

[00:28:31] Maybe I need to enter in the giveaways.

[00:28:33] I need more bells and whistles for my car.

[00:28:36] Somebody sponsor my car, please.

[00:28:37] I'm just kidding.

[00:28:39] Hey, you never know.

[00:28:41] Here?

[00:28:42] SubiFest?

[00:28:46] Yeah, I think you have, I think you have to.

[00:28:47] You have to buy like raffle tickets and stuff.

[00:28:49] I don't even know.

[00:28:50] I don't even know how that works.

[00:28:51] Huh?

[00:28:53] Maybe.

[00:28:54] Maybe, yeah.

[00:28:56] But, yeah, I can't remember.

[00:28:58] They got the dogs all out in front of us.

[00:29:01] And I'm very, very sad that I cannot adopt any of them.

[00:29:06] I have too many animals.

[00:29:09] Although, I will say one of them was free because Subaru

[00:29:15] basically paid for the adoption fee for my cat.

[00:29:19] That's right.

[00:29:19] Which is really awesome.

[00:29:20] Yeah.

[00:29:21] I have a, well, he was a senior in special needs cat.

[00:29:25] And so, Subaru covered the cost for the adoption for him.

[00:29:29] So, he was basically free.

[00:29:30] Which is nice.

[00:29:31] And let everybody know what his name is because he has a cool name.

[00:29:33] Yeah, well, whenever we, okay, so he was owned by like some really old people.

[00:29:40] And so, I guess they're not like, no offense to old people, but they didn't get super creative

[00:29:44] with his name.

[00:29:45] They named him Boy.

[00:29:47] And I was like, that's not going to fly.

[00:29:48] And I always told Ian, I said, if we get a boy cat, because we have two girl cats, we've

[00:29:53] had them for several years, four years, I think.

[00:29:58] If we had a boy cat, we need to name him Spruce Willis because our girls are named after different

[00:30:07] types of trees.

[00:30:08] We have Ash and Hazel.

[00:30:10] And so, we needed to think of a name for a boy.

[00:30:13] And we came up with Spruce, but Spruce Willis is his full name because, you know.

[00:30:22] Yes.

[00:30:23] Yeah.

[00:30:23] We got, we got to pay a little respect to my man, Bruce Willis.

[00:30:28] Corbin Dallas.

[00:30:29] And I thought that was perfect.

[00:30:30] Corbin Dallas.

[00:30:32] Leilu Multipass.

[00:30:33] Yeah.

[00:30:34] I actually, I was watching something the other day that's funny.

[00:30:38] One of the, someone's dog was named Leilu and they asked her if it was from The Fifth Element

[00:30:43] and they said, yeah.

[00:30:44] I know.

[00:30:45] Every time somebody says, oh yeah, I have a friend named Corbin.

[00:30:48] Corbin.

[00:30:49] Corbin Dallas.

[00:30:49] Right.

[00:30:50] I can't help my.

[00:30:51] It's such a good movie.

[00:30:52] It is a good movie.

[00:30:52] He has so many good movies.

[00:30:54] Yeah.

[00:30:54] He's a really good actor.

[00:30:56] The Fifth Element.

[00:30:56] So, if you're listening to this and you've never seen The Fifth Element, you now have homework.

[00:31:00] Yeah.

[00:31:00] Go watch it right now.

[00:31:02] What?

[00:31:05] Yeah.

[00:31:06] Yeah, it does suck.

[00:31:09] Fifth Element.

[00:31:10] Um.

[00:31:12] Hmm.

[00:31:13] Yes, Die Hard.

[00:31:14] Die Hard.

[00:31:14] Oh my gosh.

[00:31:15] Yeah.

[00:31:16] I love Die Hard.

[00:31:18] Oh yeah, The Sixth Sense.

[00:31:19] But also, I also love it because of Alan Rickman.

[00:31:22] Yeah, I love The Sixth Sense.

[00:31:23] And you know what?

[00:31:24] Ian won't watch it with me.

[00:31:26] Why?

[00:31:26] I don't.

[00:31:27] He doesn't, he doesn't like, he doesn't like horror films.

[00:31:31] It's not really a horror film.

[00:31:32] It's so good.

[00:31:33] It's good, Ian.

[00:31:34] You gotta watch it.

[00:31:39] Don't tell him that it's scary.

[00:31:41] He won't watch it with me.

[00:31:43] It's not, it's not that scary.

[00:31:45] It's a good movie.

[00:31:45] It made me cry though.

[00:31:48] Yeah.

[00:31:48] It's so sad.

[00:31:50] Well, thanks for hopping on the mic.

[00:31:52] Yeah, you're welcome.

[00:31:53] All right.

[00:31:53] Sorry, I sound like garbage right now.

[00:31:54] I'm just getting over a sinus infection.

[00:31:57] So I'm like.

[00:31:58] That's no way.

[00:31:58] I sound like I've been smoking packs every day or something.

[00:32:03] All right.

[00:32:04] Well, we're gonna go, I guess, maybe go do some more seeing of cars.

[00:32:09] Yes.

[00:32:09] And we'll talk to you later.

[00:32:11] Yes.

[00:32:12] Very good.

[00:32:12] Goodbye.

[00:32:13] Bye.

[00:32:14] All right.

[00:32:15] So this little segment here is where I finally got to meet Travis Pastrana.

[00:32:21] I was standing there with this guy named Jamie who works for Vermont Sports Car.

[00:32:25] He was there in the Subaru Motorsports USA trailer and the Vermont Sports Car trailer.

[00:32:30] And he was trying to get Travis away from signing autographs because if you know the type of person that Travis is, he will sit and sign autographs forever because he likes to be there for his fans.

[00:32:46] And so I was witnessing this because like he was well past the time that he was supposed to be finished signing autographs.

[00:32:53] And he was supposed to be over there getting ready to do a little showcase with the family huckster.

[00:32:59] And so they were trying to nicely, you know, let him know, hey, we got to go.

[00:33:04] But I was standing there with Jamie and I was like, do you think that I could like say hi to him real quick?

[00:33:11] And he said yes.

[00:33:13] And so it happened, but the audio was not really good because we were right in front of the simulators.

[00:33:20] So it was really loud.

[00:33:21] You can't even really hear what we were saying.

[00:33:24] But this is me telling Luke that I had just met him.

[00:33:28] Yeah, it's he's not supposed to be there still.

[00:33:32] Yeah, I just met him, though, real quick.

[00:33:35] Yeah, because I was over there because there's there's a guy that is he's there with the in the trailer.

[00:33:46] So they're not supposed to be signing right now?

[00:33:47] No.

[00:33:48] I got I just happened to see him walking around.

[00:33:53] Got Scott to sign my daughter's battery hold down.

[00:33:56] Yeah.

[00:33:57] All right.

[00:33:58] So you said Ewing?

[00:33:59] Ewing, yep.

[00:33:59] Very front corner there.

[00:34:01] OK.

[00:34:01] All right.

[00:34:06] All right.

[00:34:07] So this is the part where I was actually, quote unquote, working because SOA brought me out to Subiefest, Texas,

[00:34:15] to interview the different retailers that were doing giveaways and raffles.

[00:34:21] And so what they wanted me to do was interview the person who won the raffle and then also do a little interview with the dealership as well.

[00:34:31] So that was kind of my main purpose as the podcaster at the at the event, just to give more exposure to the dealerships and also just a different way to do this.

[00:34:45] So so this is interviewing Ewing Subaru and the winner of the raffle.

[00:34:52] You were on the mic with me last year.

[00:34:54] Yes.

[00:34:54] You want to we can present it together?

[00:34:56] OK, that's fine.

[00:34:57] Hello.

[00:34:57] I'm here with Ewing Subaru and they're here to present a backpack, Subaru Motorsports USA backpack.

[00:35:03] There's a lot of swag in there, too.

[00:35:04] So it's not just the backpack.

[00:35:06] Yeah.

[00:35:07] So what brought you out today?

[00:35:09] Just coming out.

[00:35:11] Yeah.

[00:35:11] Being an enthusiast with everyone else.

[00:35:13] So enjoying, you know, Subiefest with everyone else.

[00:35:15] Yeah.

[00:35:15] OK.

[00:35:15] And go ahead.

[00:35:16] Go ahead.

[00:35:16] Introduce yourself to me.

[00:35:17] My name's Adam.

[00:35:18] All right.

[00:35:18] Houston.

[00:35:19] Oh, yeah.

[00:35:20] Me, too.

[00:35:20] Originally from Wisconsin.

[00:35:21] Moved down a year ago.

[00:35:22] So nice.

[00:35:23] Oh, great.

[00:35:24] Great.

[00:35:25] Yeah.

[00:35:25] So what do you think so far?

[00:35:27] Awesome.

[00:35:27] Yeah.

[00:35:28] Yeah.

[00:35:28] Have you had a chance to meet any of the drivers?

[00:35:31] Not yet.

[00:35:31] But I met one of them, Bucky, up in Wisconsin.

[00:35:33] Oh, OK.

[00:35:34] Like two years ago.

[00:35:35] So he's up there.

[00:35:36] Yeah.

[00:35:36] Yeah.

[00:35:37] He's a good guy.

[00:35:38] Yeah.

[00:35:38] So enjoying it.

[00:35:39] Having fun.

[00:35:39] Thank you.

[00:35:40] Yeah.

[00:35:40] You're welcome.

[00:35:41] Yeah.

[00:35:41] Thank you.

[00:35:42] You know, welcome to the event.

[00:35:43] And glad you're enjoying it.

[00:35:45] It's fun.

[00:35:47] You know, they do these all over the country.

[00:35:49] And I'm glad they're finally doing it in Texas.

[00:35:50] Because so many people wanted them to do it in Texas.

[00:35:53] Absolutely.

[00:35:54] So glad you're enjoying it.

[00:35:56] Yeah.

[00:35:56] Well, thank you.

[00:35:57] You're welcome.

[00:35:58] Congrats on, you know, winning that.

[00:35:59] Yeah.

[00:35:59] Awesome.

[00:36:00] Congratulations.

[00:36:00] Thank you so much.

[00:36:01] Yeah.

[00:36:01] Thank you.

[00:36:02] All right.

[00:36:04] You introduce yourself again.

[00:36:07] Hi, I'm Tamela here at Ewing Subaru of Plano.

[00:36:11] And I am the customer experience manager, the delivery specialist.

[00:36:16] I'm happy to be back here enjoying another year at SubiFest.

[00:36:20] And I'm having an awesome time.

[00:36:22] So how did y'all go about?

[00:36:23] Did y'all pick a winner or was it a raffle?

[00:36:25] It was actually a raffle.

[00:36:27] We had everyone come by and just put their information in.

[00:36:32] And we were doing a raffle because we were giving some other things away.

[00:36:34] And this was one of them as well.

[00:36:36] All right.

[00:36:37] And you won.

[00:36:37] Yeah.

[00:36:38] Well, congrats again.

[00:36:39] All right.

[00:36:40] Thank you.

[00:36:40] All right.

[00:36:40] You're welcome.

[00:36:41] All right.

[00:36:41] Thanks.

[00:36:43] Awesome.

[00:36:44] So I have, if you have not checked it out or heard of it before, I have, so I'm with

[00:36:51] the Subi and You podcast.

[00:36:54] And it's a Subaru themed podcast.

[00:36:56] And I have, so what I do is I interview people in the community and just talk about their experiences,

[00:37:03] you know, doing mods and stuff or whatever.

[00:37:06] So I've been doing it for a while.

[00:37:07] I have, I'm going to really, on Monday I'm releasing episode 188.

[00:37:11] So yeah, it's been around a while.

[00:37:13] But these are, I have these SubiFest Texas only stickers.

[00:37:19] Do you want one too?

[00:37:20] Sure.

[00:37:21] I love your shirt.

[00:37:21] I have that one too.

[00:37:22] Awesome.

[00:37:22] Thank you.

[00:37:23] Actually, I was in Target last night and this guy working there was like, oh, nice shirt.

[00:37:27] And I'm like, I've never had anybody compliment the shirt.

[00:37:30] So I thought that was pretty cool.

[00:37:31] That's awesome.

[00:37:32] Yeah.

[00:37:32] Are you doing a ride along with Scott Speed?

[00:37:34] Yep.

[00:37:35] Okay.

[00:37:35] We'll just get that to you.

[00:37:36] Okay.

[00:37:36] Hey, so you're doing a ride along with Scott Speed, right?

[00:37:39] Yes.

[00:37:39] Okay.

[00:37:39] What group are you?

[00:37:41] I'm not sure.

[00:37:42] Okay.

[00:37:42] It should be on here.

[00:37:43] Oh, you're B4.

[00:37:44] Okay.

[00:37:44] Yeah.

[00:37:44] So what they said to do is go over there and they'll announce it like in an airline,

[00:37:49] you know, group B or whatever.

[00:37:50] And so I think it's like five people that are riding along in group B.

[00:37:54] So that's pretty awesome.

[00:37:55] So is that part of it also?

[00:37:57] Or is that separate?

[00:37:57] Oh, that's part of it too.

[00:37:58] Oh, so he doesn't just win the backpack.

[00:38:01] He wins the ride along.

[00:38:02] Okay.

[00:38:02] Nice.

[00:38:03] Nice.

[00:38:03] That's very cool.

[00:38:05] Yeah.

[00:38:06] Cool.

[00:38:06] Yeah.

[00:38:06] So if you haven't met Scott Speed, you'll definitely meet him now.

[00:38:09] I'm excited.

[00:38:10] Yeah.

[00:38:10] Yeah.

[00:38:10] Awesome.

[00:38:11] So how long have you been a fan of Subaru?

[00:38:13] I'm sorry?

[00:38:14] How long have you been a fan of Subaru?

[00:38:16] A while.

[00:38:18] Probably since when I was like high school back in the 2000s.

[00:38:22] Okay.

[00:38:23] But they didn't really get a Subaru until recently, like 2022.

[00:38:27] I got my first VB.

[00:38:29] Oh, nice.

[00:38:29] It's about one.

[00:38:30] Both trigger.

[00:38:31] Yeah.

[00:38:32] Yeah.

[00:38:32] I have a 2021 Crosstrek.

[00:38:34] Okay.

[00:38:35] And I like it because it's, you know, I'm kind of more on the off-road scene, but it's

[00:38:41] also a manual.

[00:38:42] So, okay.

[00:38:43] Which is kind of rare.

[00:38:44] Yeah.

[00:38:44] So it's fun.

[00:38:45] Nice.

[00:38:46] Yeah.

[00:38:46] We got Betty back here tearing it up in the background again.

[00:38:51] Yeah.

[00:38:52] So, cool.

[00:38:53] Well, it was nice meeting you.

[00:38:54] Enjoy your ride along.

[00:38:55] You're welcome.

[00:38:56] Thank you.

[00:38:57] All right.

[00:38:58] Can I get another one of your cars?

[00:39:00] No.

[00:39:01] Okay.

[00:39:01] Yes.

[00:39:02] Of course.

[00:39:04] There you go.

[00:39:05] Thank you.

[00:39:05] You're welcome.

[00:39:06] All right.

[00:39:07] All right.

[00:39:07] So, yeah.

[00:39:07] So he's.

[00:39:08] Okay.

[00:39:09] I grab you.

[00:39:10] Do I go over there?

[00:39:11] Yep.

[00:39:12] You just go over there.

[00:39:12] Okay.

[00:39:13] Okay.

[00:39:13] All right.

[00:39:13] Thank you again.

[00:39:14] You're welcome.

[00:39:20] I have a little bit of ASMR for you because Catherine and Ian and I were waiting in line

[00:39:25] waiting to get signatures from Travis Pastrana, Rihanna Gelsimino, and Bucky Lassick.

[00:39:31] While we were standing there in line, Travis Pastrana and Bucky were still out there doing

[00:39:36] their little showcase.

[00:39:37] And I found out later that Bucky got to drive the Huckster and Travis drove Betty.

[00:39:43] So that was really cool because I know Bucky had been wanting to drive the Huckster.

[00:39:46] So when they got done, they were driving the cars back to their spots where they were

[00:39:51] parked during the whole show other than being out, you know, tearing it up and having fun.

[00:39:55] So we were standing there in line and as they're bringing the cars through, I decided

[00:40:00] to do a little bit of recording of the exhaust as they were coming by because it just sounds

[00:40:05] so good.

[00:40:06] So that's what this clip is.

[00:40:13] All right.

[00:42:04] So while we were standing in line waiting to get signatures, they had to break up the

[00:42:07] line so they could drive the cars through.

[00:42:09] And that's what that was.

[00:42:09] But then, of course, the drivers showed up and they were in their little autograph tent

[00:42:16] booth or whatever.

[00:42:17] And we were moving up the line.

[00:42:20] And this next clip, this next bit of audio you hear or will hear is where the very first

[00:42:26] part of this episode where it started.

[00:42:28] That's where this came from.

[00:42:30] So I left it in just to share my experience.

[00:42:32] Also, my daughter was able to get some stuff signed and I had some posters signed for Luke.

[00:42:40] But one of the things my daughter had signed was she she went out to her car by herself

[00:42:46] on her own and took off her melee design firm battery hold down.

[00:42:50] So it's is like a bright yellowish color.

[00:42:54] But anyway, she took it off, took it up there, had Riannon sign it, had Travis sign it, had

[00:43:01] Bucky sign it.

[00:43:02] And I happened to see Scott Speed walking around and I asked him if he would please sign

[00:43:09] for her.

[00:43:10] So Scott Speed was the first one to sign her battery hold down.

[00:43:13] But yeah, shameless little plug to melee design firm there.

[00:43:17] And it was a really fun moment for all of us.

[00:43:20] So it was really cool.

[00:43:21] But here we go with this little audio clip.

[00:43:31] Are you able to say this is Travis Pastrana at Subifest Texas?

[00:43:36] Yep.

[00:43:36] Okay.

[00:43:37] And real quick.

[00:43:38] Oh, just real quick.

[00:43:38] Yeah.

[00:43:39] Travis Pastrana here and this is Subifest Texas.

[00:43:41] All right.

[00:43:42] Thank you.

[00:43:45] I'll send you the link.

[00:43:50] I'll send you the link.

[00:43:52] Thank you.

[00:43:53] Thank you.

[00:44:01] He knows that brand.

[00:44:03] Oh, yeah?

[00:44:04] Yeah.

[00:44:09] Thank you.

[00:44:09] Would you be able to sign these two for Luke, please?

[00:44:14] Thank you.

[00:44:18] Got some good music going for you.

[00:44:22] Thank you.

[00:44:28] Thank you, Bucky.

[00:44:29] Awesome.

[00:44:30] See you again.

[00:44:30] All right.

[00:44:31] See you.

[00:44:31] Thank you.

[00:44:32] Thank you.

[00:44:38] All right.

[00:44:39] So when I'm running around these events trying to get things to happen and interview certain

[00:44:45] people and make sure I'm doing what I'm there to do, I'm not always on my phone.

[00:44:51] And so I happened to see that this guy messaged me.

[00:44:55] And he had messaged me before Subifest and wanted to meet up.

[00:44:58] And so I saw his message and he said, hey, I left a couple of stickers on your table at

[00:45:04] your booth.

[00:45:05] And so I ended up messaging him back and we ended up connecting.

[00:45:09] I told him like, hey, just come meet me at my booth and I'll give you some stickers too.

[00:45:13] And so he showed up at the booth and this is my conversation with him.

[00:45:20] Do you want to hop on the mic a little bit and talk about it?

[00:45:23] It's already going.

[00:45:24] Oh, wow.

[00:45:25] Yeah.

[00:45:25] Hey, welcome to Subifest, Texas, man.

[00:45:28] Why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself and let us know what car you drive.

[00:45:30] Yeah.

[00:45:31] So I'm Roman Roberts and I drive the Ghost Subi.

[00:45:34] So Ghost Subi Adventures on Instagram.

[00:45:36] Nice.

[00:45:37] Nice.

[00:45:37] Welcome.

[00:45:38] Yeah.

[00:45:38] Were you here last year?

[00:45:39] I wasn't.

[00:45:40] So I actually really just kind of jumped into the community.

[00:45:43] I was just saying we've always been a Subi family.

[00:45:45] Okay.

[00:45:46] But we jumped into basically like me overlanding because we go a lot of beach trips here in

[00:45:51] Texas and a lot of camping.

[00:45:52] Yeah.

[00:45:53] And so now I turned our daily driver, Forrester, into my car, the Ghost.

[00:45:58] Okay.

[00:45:58] Nice.

[00:45:58] My wife got the green Onyx edition of the Ascent.

[00:46:02] Okay.

[00:46:02] And so she made that the ghoul.

[00:46:04] And so we both have our own drivers.

[00:46:05] Nice.

[00:46:06] That's cool.

[00:46:07] So where do you live in Texas?

[00:46:09] So I live in San Antonio.

[00:46:11] Okay.

[00:46:11] Grew up actually here around Dallas.

[00:46:13] Okay.

[00:46:13] I joined the military, traveled around, and then settled in San Antonio when I met Juan

[00:46:18] all night.

[00:46:19] So now that you have an overland off-road build, do you have any spots out there to actually

[00:46:24] take it off-road?

[00:46:25] Because you know how it is out here in Texas.

[00:46:26] It's crazy.

[00:46:27] Disperse camping is a little harder.

[00:46:29] So we hit the state parks a lot.

[00:46:31] Yeah.

[00:46:31] Obviously like Big Bend is a big one.

[00:46:33] But Guadalupe River has some nice little camping spots.

[00:46:37] And then if you go into like the Lano area and stuff like that, you can find some decent.

[00:46:42] But it's kind of hard.

[00:46:43] Tip Camp a lot more than anything else to find spots.

[00:46:46] So there's, have you heard of Bastrop?

[00:46:49] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:46:50] Yeah.

[00:46:50] Have you been out there yet?

[00:46:51] Yeah.

[00:46:51] Yeah.

[00:46:52] So we drive through there.

[00:46:53] Wimberley a lot.

[00:46:54] So we'll do like a lot of trips through the Wimberley area.

[00:46:56] But I mean, have you been off-roading in Bastrop?

[00:46:58] Not hard to go out there.

[00:46:59] You know where the Buc-ee's is off 71?

[00:47:03] Yeah.

[00:47:03] Across from the Buc-ee's on the other side of 71, there's this, what would have been a neighborhood,

[00:47:10] like a development.

[00:47:11] Okay.

[00:47:11] But it's considered like public land now, kind of.

[00:47:14] So it's, yeah, it's kind of like iffy, but we go off-roading out there.

[00:47:18] That's awesome.

[00:47:19] So I'll send you like a snapshot of where it's at.

[00:47:22] Yeah, send me.

[00:47:23] Yeah, we'll definitely hit that up and go off-roading out there.

[00:47:25] So it's a pretty good spot.

[00:47:26] That's awesome.

[00:47:27] Well, thanks for hopping on the mic for a little bit.

[00:47:29] That's my little man.

[00:47:30] Oh, hello.

[00:47:30] My wife, so.

[00:47:31] Cool, yeah.

[00:47:33] Well, thanks to you for stopping by.

[00:47:34] Thanks for the stickers.

[00:47:35] Yeah, man, I appreciate it.

[00:47:36] I appreciate you and the show.

[00:47:37] All right, thank you.

[00:47:39] Okay, so Luke was able to get a ride-along with Scott Speed, which is pretty cool.

[00:47:44] And we were, he, so they had a lanyard, and it said,

[00:47:49] I survived a ride-along with, and then it had a blank for the driver to sign it.

[00:47:53] And he wasn't able to sign it right afterwards, so we were trying to catch up with him.

[00:48:00] And that is what we did.

[00:48:02] So here we go.

[00:48:04] So they said Scott's going to be around for a while.

[00:48:07] Larissa won.

[00:48:08] Oh, she did?

[00:48:09] Yeah.

[00:48:10] Oh, nice.

[00:48:11] I heard them say it.

[00:48:11] Yeah, they're like, Larissa, come back in for your trophy.

[00:48:17] Which is crazy, because I heard some really loud cars driving on.

[00:48:22] Were you over there when they were doing it?

[00:48:24] No, but I think it.

[00:48:25] Oh, okay.

[00:48:27] There are people going back to their spots or something.

[00:48:29] It was super weird at that point.

[00:48:31] So they said the next thing Scott's doing is an interview,

[00:48:34] so he'll be going up there to do an interview.

[00:48:37] So we can probably catch him real quick before he goes up.

[00:48:41] Scott, would it be possible to, he did a ride-along,

[00:48:44] would it be possible to sign it real quick?

[00:48:46] I got a trophy.

[00:48:48] Awesome.

[00:48:49] Thank you.

[00:48:52] He said he was not expecting it to be, like, that fast.

[00:48:57] Yeah.

[00:48:58] Thank you so much.

[00:48:59] I got you.

[00:48:59] Good experience.

[00:49:00] Yeah, yeah.

[00:49:00] Thank you.

[00:49:01] All right.

[00:49:02] With this segment, I was going to work.

[00:49:05] So I met up with Anthony with Huffine Subaru,

[00:49:09] and they had a winner for their raffle, for their giveaway.

[00:49:14] And so I interviewed Anthony and also the winner,

[00:49:18] and that's what this conversation is.

[00:49:22] Did you have a winner?

[00:49:23] She's a winner.

[00:49:24] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:49:25] All right.

[00:49:26] I'm here with, it's on.

[00:49:27] Oh, it's on, all right.

[00:49:28] I'm here with Anthony, yeah, with Huffine Subaru.

[00:49:30] Tell us what you're doing here.

[00:49:31] So we're here at SubiFest, Texas,

[00:49:33] and we did a drawing here at the dealership.

[00:49:35] So every year we bring out a tent,

[00:49:38] and we raffle off some items,

[00:49:39] and we have Jessica here who won the tent.

[00:49:42] So I'll pass it over to her.

[00:49:44] We'll let her chat.

[00:49:45] All right.

[00:49:47] Congratulations.

[00:49:47] Thank you, thank you.

[00:49:48] You're welcome.

[00:49:48] So what do you drive?

[00:49:49] A 24 Outback.

[00:49:51] Nice, nice.

[00:49:52] Yeah.

[00:49:52] How long have you had it?

[00:49:54] About four months?

[00:49:55] Yeah, about four months.

[00:49:56] Okay, and is this your first Subaru?

[00:49:57] It is.

[00:49:58] Oh, so this is your first Subaru,

[00:50:00] and you win a tent.

[00:50:01] That is so nice.

[00:50:03] How do you like it so far?

[00:50:04] It's good.

[00:50:05] Really good car.

[00:50:06] Have you taken it off-road yet?

[00:50:07] Not yet.

[00:50:08] No, do you plan to?

[00:50:09] We're planning.

[00:50:10] We do a lot of hiking, so we like it.

[00:50:11] Oh, yeah, that's a perfect vehicle for that.

[00:50:13] Mm-hmm.

[00:50:14] Yeah.

[00:50:14] So do you have any mods planned for it?

[00:50:20] In the future, probably.

[00:50:22] In the future.

[00:50:22] You've got a really good one to start off with.

[00:50:24] Yeah, definitely.

[00:50:25] Absolutely.

[00:50:25] We got lucky today.

[00:50:26] Yeah.

[00:50:27] Yeah.

[00:50:27] So what got you into Subaru in the first place?

[00:50:30] Honestly, our kiddo, he's getting bigger.

[00:50:32] So I used to drive a hatchback, Corolla hatchback.

[00:50:35] He wasn't fitting in anymore, and we're like, you know what?

[00:50:37] We like to hike.

[00:50:38] We like to go out and do all that.

[00:50:39] He's getting bigger.

[00:50:41] Yeah.

[00:50:41] So we need a bigger car for him, for all of us.

[00:50:44] Nice.

[00:50:45] Yeah.

[00:50:46] Congratulations.

[00:50:47] Thank you.

[00:50:47] So what?

[00:50:48] They didn't only just win the tent, they also won an awesome camping setup as well.

[00:50:51] Oh.

[00:50:51] So two coolers, two chairs.

[00:50:53] Nice.

[00:50:53] That's perfect.

[00:50:54] Awesome.

[00:50:55] Yeah, that's a good setup.

[00:50:56] Awesome.

[00:50:56] So now you can go hiking, camping.

[00:50:58] Yeah.

[00:50:58] Oh, yeah.

[00:50:59] Yeah.

[00:50:59] It's nice to get up off the ground.

[00:51:01] Definitely.

[00:51:02] Yeah.

[00:51:02] Now, did y'all have any plans for having a rooftop tent at some point?

[00:51:08] Because they're really, really nice.

[00:51:09] Yeah.

[00:51:09] I mean, I know people that have them love them, so.

[00:51:12] No, it didn't come into our minds.

[00:51:14] So definitely will be put to use in the future.

[00:51:17] That's awesome.

[00:51:18] It's like the perfect gift.

[00:51:20] Yeah.

[00:51:21] So, well, I am the host of the Sue B&U podcast.

[00:51:25] Oh, okay.

[00:51:25] So if you get a chance, check it out.

[00:51:27] So most of my audience and most of the listeners are people that are doing camping and hiking

[00:51:31] and off-roading and stuff.

[00:51:33] So I've been doing it for a little over three and a half years.

[00:51:36] Oh, wow.

[00:51:36] So when you get a chance, check it out.

[00:51:38] And thank Anthony again, you know, and Huffine Subaru.

[00:51:42] This is definitely a great event to be at and a great gift.

[00:51:46] Perfect.

[00:51:46] Absolutely.

[00:51:47] Thank you.

[00:51:48] You're welcome.

[00:51:48] Thank you.

[00:51:48] Thank you.

[00:51:49] All right.

[00:51:50] You want to close out?

[00:51:50] Well, Raphael, it's always great to have you.

[00:51:52] And I'm sure I'll be seeing you in the future as usual.

[00:51:55] Oh, yeah.

[00:51:55] Of course.

[00:51:56] Thank you, Anthony.

[00:51:56] Appreciate you being here at Sue B&Fest.

[00:51:58] It's always a pleasure having you out.

[00:51:59] And thank you for everything you do to the Subaru community.

[00:52:02] So I really appreciate it.

[00:52:04] Yeah.

[00:52:04] And this is nice.

[00:52:05] I was so excited that Travis and Rhiannon were going to be here.

[00:52:09] And so I finally got a chance to meet them, got Travis to sign my hat, and got a photo

[00:52:14] with them.

[00:52:15] So it's been a good day.

[00:52:16] Yeah.

[00:52:16] Yeah.

[00:52:17] It has been for sure.

[00:52:18] I think the best part so far, I don't know if you saw it, but Bucky and Travis swapped

[00:52:22] cars.

[00:52:22] Oh, did Bucky finally get to drive the Huckster?

[00:52:26] Yeah.

[00:52:26] That's awesome.

[00:52:27] Yeah.

[00:52:27] Bucky drove the Huckster and Travis drove Betty, which was really cool.

[00:52:32] Sweet.

[00:52:32] And then Bucky went out there, put his hand on the hood, and Travis was doing donuts.

[00:52:36] It was really cool.

[00:52:36] So yeah, I know I was, I wanted to go see that, but I was like waiting in line because

[00:52:41] they had already started in line for them to do autographs.

[00:52:44] And I'm like, I better get, we missed it last time earlier when they did it.

[00:52:47] So I was able to get it, but my son was able to get a ride along with Scott Speed.

[00:52:51] Yep.

[00:52:52] That's awesome.

[00:52:52] Yeah.

[00:52:53] That's awesome.

[00:52:53] Well, good, man.

[00:52:54] I appreciate everything you do.

[00:52:55] And, uh, you know, uh, congratulations to Jessica here winning the tent.

[00:53:01] She's excited.

[00:53:02] Yep.

[00:53:02] All right.

[00:53:03] Take care.

[00:53:03] You too.

[00:53:04] All right.

[00:53:05] So at this point, SubiFest was wrapping up.

[00:53:07] They were doing the award ceremony and I was standing over by the stage with Jeffrey from

[00:53:14] Hiley Subaru.

[00:53:15] And so we were talking on the mic and just kind of getting some information about him

[00:53:20] and the dealership and waiting for them to announce the winner of the giveaway that

[00:53:25] they, or the raffle that they were doing.

[00:53:27] So that's what this segment is.

[00:53:29] I am here at SubiFest and, uh, we've got some more giveaways from one of the retailers.

[00:53:36] So why don't you introduce yourself and let us know which retailer you're with.

[00:53:39] I'm Jeffrey.

[00:53:39] I'm a love encore, highly Subaru and West Fort Worth.

[00:53:42] Uh, we've got a couple of vouchers today.

[00:53:45] All right.

[00:53:46] In the big raffle giveaway at SubiFest, Texas.

[00:53:49] That'll be two $500 vouchers through our service department.

[00:53:52] Very nice.

[00:53:53] Good job.

[00:53:54] Yeah.

[00:53:54] So, uh, how long have you been with Subaru?

[00:53:58] I've been with the Hiley Auto Group for quite a while.

[00:54:01] I've been at the Subaru brand for over a year and a half.

[00:54:05] Okay.

[00:54:06] I've really been enjoying it.

[00:54:07] It's a great vibe.

[00:54:08] Nice.

[00:54:08] So I'm guessing this is probably your first time at SubiFest.

[00:54:11] Where were you here last year?

[00:54:12] Last year I helped set it up.

[00:54:14] Okay.

[00:54:14] I didn't get to attend.

[00:54:15] Oh, okay.

[00:54:16] This year I got to set it up and attend.

[00:54:18] All right.

[00:54:18] So what do you think of it?

[00:54:19] Oh, it's absolutely a blast.

[00:54:20] There's nothing better than getting out with the community, engaging with the customers.

[00:54:25] One of my favorite aspects of it is actually seeing some of our actual Hiley Subaru customers

[00:54:30] show up at our tent and just be thrilled to reconnect.

[00:54:35] It's really wonderful.

[00:54:36] Yeah.

[00:54:36] SubiFest is a totally different brand and I love it.

[00:54:38] It is.

[00:54:39] Yeah.

[00:54:39] And for context, we were back here just kind of trying to make our way to the stage and

[00:54:46] Travis Pastrana was back here and had a chance to say hi.

[00:54:49] So that was pretty cool.

[00:54:50] Yeah.

[00:54:50] It's super nice.

[00:54:51] All the people, I mean, it's really nice how connected everyone is.

[00:55:00] It's very seamless.

[00:55:01] Yeah.

[00:55:01] And I love what you're doing.

[00:55:02] I think it's amazing.

[00:55:03] Thank you.

[00:55:04] Thank you.

[00:55:04] I appreciate that.

[00:55:05] All right.

[00:55:05] Well, we'll try to figure out what we need to do.

[00:55:07] All right.

[00:55:07] So while Jeffrey and I were waiting for them to get through all of the judges picks for

[00:55:14] all the different various cars out in the show and then get to the actual giveaways from

[00:55:19] the retailers.

[00:55:20] There was a giveaway that was very exciting.

[00:55:25] And I will just let you listen because it speaks for itself.

[00:55:58] Nice.

[00:56:00] It's quite subjective.

[00:56:01] And today it's my choice.

[00:56:03] So, you know, first and foremost, everyone that entered the car show, thanks for making

[00:56:08] my drive incredibly difficult.

[00:56:12] And I will just say, oh, I'm going to tell Catherine to get a, yeah.

[00:56:16] I got to talk to a lot of owners.

[00:56:18] I got to meet a lot of cool people today.

[00:56:20] And the person that really struck me the most, I think you guys are going to really identify

[00:56:26] with this person.

[00:56:28] That is number 12 with the Tiggeroo.

[00:56:31] He is exactly what it is to embody an enthusiast.

[00:56:36] That is somebody that was so stoked about their car and to talk to me.

[00:56:40] So thank you everybody for entering.

[00:56:43] All right.

[00:56:43] So John was super, super excited.

[00:56:45] You could just see it on his face and I could tell that he was completely speechless, but

[00:56:50] I was able to catch up with him after he came off the stage and was giving people high fives.

[00:56:56] So here is a little conversation with John.

[00:56:59] The noise in the background or the music in the background is kind of loud, but hopefully

[00:57:03] you can hear it okay.

[00:57:05] I just took Subimont's choice.

[00:57:09] Oh, that is awesome.

[00:57:11] And runner up on Crosstrek.

[00:57:12] That is so cool.

[00:57:13] Congrats.

[00:57:14] You look a little excited and totally shocked.

[00:57:18] The Subaru airbag recall booth has to give away.

[00:57:21] Give me just a sec.

[00:57:22] And we have the name of the winner.

[00:57:24] And we're hoping that this young winner is out there and can come claim the prize.

[00:57:30] Keaton Yates.

[00:57:32] Are you out there?

[00:57:33] Oh yeah.

[00:57:34] You look a little speechless too.

[00:57:36] All right.

[00:57:36] Honestly, I am.

[00:57:38] Yeah.

[00:57:38] Well, congratulations, John.

[00:57:39] This has been like such a goal of mine.

[00:57:43] Yeah.

[00:57:44] And to just realize that just because of all the fun I have with this car.

[00:57:49] Yeah.

[00:57:51] I'm on call nine right now.

[00:57:53] We're going to get Keaton set up for the prize.

[00:57:54] Well done.

[00:57:55] I got champagne going back at the RV and we're going to pop champagne tonight.

[00:57:59] Oh, it's well deserved.

[00:58:00] Congrats, John.

[00:58:01] Thank you.

[00:58:02] You're welcome.

[00:58:04] Awesome.

[00:58:05] Totally awesome.

[00:58:06] Absolutely deserved.

[00:58:08] What a great day.

[00:58:11] What a great day.

[00:58:15] And we were still waiting for them to give the results of the raffles and do the giveaways

[00:58:22] from the retailers.

[00:58:22] And because I was standing at the stage waiting for that, I decided to keep this segment in

[00:58:30] because it got recorded.

[00:58:31] But it is where Bucky gives away or announces the winner of the Beat Bucky Challenge for the

[00:58:39] simulators.

[00:58:40] So it's kind of a cool event to or kind of a cool moment to capture.

[00:58:45] So I decided to keep it in.

[00:58:47] And before we pull our next prize, we're going to announce the results of the Beat Bucky Challenge.

[00:58:53] Challenge.

[00:58:54] Challenge.

[00:58:54] Challenge.

[00:58:56] Challenge.

[00:58:57] Oh, yeah.

[00:58:59] Challenge.

[00:59:00] Challenge.

[00:59:02] All right, man.

[00:59:03] There's somebody really fast here.

[00:59:05] If I would have known that, I would not have walked the show.

[00:59:08] I would have not gotten Betty.

[00:59:09] And I would have not drove the Huckster because I would have wanted to beat this guy and get

[00:59:15] the 33s.

[00:59:16] As you notice up here, I got the 34.090, which is probably one of the fastest times I've done

[00:59:23] all year.

[00:59:26] And now, for the moment of truth, Nathan Tiller.

[00:59:32] Nathan.

[00:59:33] This guy, I think, lived in this line all day until he got that, didn't you?

[00:59:40] Yeah, maybe just a little bit.

[00:59:42] I think I'm defending my title from last year.

[00:59:44] Yeah, this man.

[00:59:45] So have you done the 33s yet?

[00:59:47] No, not yet.

[00:59:48] But next year, I'll do it.

[00:59:49] We're right there, dude.

[00:59:51] We should team up.

[00:59:52] Yeah, for sure.

[00:59:53] I'm down.

[00:59:53] All right.

[00:59:53] So give it up for Nathan for smoking time on the sim.

[01:00:00] But he beat you by five one-thousandths.

[01:00:03] Yeah, that's like F1 times right there.

[01:00:05] Like, that's, it's like, it's a slippery surface.

[01:00:08] It's a lot of turns.

[01:00:09] I don't know how many turns exactly.

[01:00:11] How many turns is that?

[01:00:13] I don't remember.

[01:00:14] No.

[01:00:14] All right.

[01:00:15] So he didn't even know either.

[01:00:16] I don't even know.

[01:00:16] So it's a lot of turns.

[01:00:18] And for him to get that close, like, it's crazy.

[01:00:22] I'm freaking happy, dude.

[01:00:24] Yeah, that's rad.

[01:00:25] Congratulations.

[01:00:32] Okay.

[01:00:33] So Jeffrey and I were standing there.

[01:00:34] And they finally announced the winner from the giveaway for his dealership for Hiley.

[01:00:40] And the guy got up there, got his prize or his gift, and he takes off.

[01:00:50] Like, we were supposed to interview the winner.

[01:00:52] And he, because like most of the people were coming across the stage.

[01:00:57] Because if you're looking at the stage, we were stage right.

[01:00:59] And the winners were coming up from stage left.

[01:01:03] And then they were usually continuing on and exiting stage right.

[01:01:06] But he ended up going back the other way.

[01:01:09] And so Jeffrey and I are trying to, like, go through this huge crowd of people trying

[01:01:14] to find this guy.

[01:01:16] And thankfully, he was wearing his hat backwards.

[01:01:19] And I happened to see, like, the logo on his hat.

[01:01:22] And we're trying to, like, weed through all these people.

[01:01:26] And then Jeffrey sees him.

[01:01:28] And he's, like, walking towards the exit.

[01:01:31] Like, it's like he got his prize and now he's leaving.

[01:01:33] So we kind of, like, just chased after him and got to get him on the mic to talk a little

[01:01:40] bit about it.

[01:01:41] But that's what this is.

[01:01:42] But it was kind of funny.

[01:01:43] I'm with Subi and you podcast.

[01:01:45] And they brought me out here to talk to the different retailers that are doing the raffles

[01:01:50] and stuff.

[01:01:50] So we just want to say congratulations on winning the $500 gift card or the voucher.

[01:01:56] So what is it that brought you out here to SubiFest, Texas?

[01:01:59] I actually saw it on an Instagram ad.

[01:02:01] And I just got my first Subaru.

[01:02:04] It's a Crosstruck Wilderness.

[01:02:05] Nice.

[01:02:06] Did a couple trips on it.

[01:02:07] Grand Canyon, Zion and whatnot.

[01:02:08] Oh, wow.

[01:02:09] Yeah, so you're really using it.

[01:02:11] Yeah.

[01:02:11] Saw this and I was like, you know what?

[01:02:12] This is pretty cool.

[01:02:13] So I wanted to come check it out.

[01:02:15] Awesome.

[01:02:15] Yeah.

[01:02:15] Congrats on the Subaru.

[01:02:17] Thank you.

[01:02:17] So what brought you to Subaru?

[01:02:20] I needed a good commuter vehicle, but also something I could take off-road and have a

[01:02:25] lot of space in and something that's durable.

[01:02:27] Yeah.

[01:02:28] And how long did you say you've had it?

[01:02:29] I got it in May.

[01:02:31] So I haven't even had it a year.

[01:02:32] Wow.

[01:02:33] Yeah.

[01:02:33] That's awesome.

[01:02:34] Yeah.

[01:02:34] My first off-road trip was to Colorado.

[01:02:36] I'm from Houston.

[01:02:37] Okay.

[01:02:37] Awesome.

[01:02:38] And so I took it out there.

[01:02:39] And it's like, you got to use it.

[01:02:40] You know?

[01:02:40] I mean, it's a great car.

[01:02:42] I love it.

[01:02:42] It's great.

[01:02:42] It's been great so far.

[01:02:44] Yeah.

[01:02:44] Good.

[01:02:44] Good.

[01:02:45] Congrats on the win.

[01:02:46] Yeah.

[01:02:47] Thank you.

[01:02:47] All right.

[01:02:47] Thank you.

[01:02:48] All right.

[01:02:48] Awesome.

[01:02:49] Bye.

[01:02:50] Congratulations.

[01:02:52] I reckon I get a selfie too.

[01:02:54] All right.

[01:02:56] Thank you so much.

[01:03:02] Yeah, it's awesome.

[01:03:04] We have a most supportive club.

[01:03:07] Man, that's crazy.

[01:03:08] If I call your club, everybody who's in that club needs to come up for a photo op and to claim

[01:03:14] your trophy, okay?

[01:03:16] Can we get everybody from Space City Subies to come up to the stage, please?

[01:03:24] Space City Subies, congratulations.

[01:03:26] You are in this year's most supportive club.

[01:03:29] Everybody, come on.

[01:03:30] You want me to text us?

[01:03:31] Space City Subies front and center, please.

[01:03:34] That's awesome.

[01:03:35] Make a little room for our friends as they walk through the crowd.

[01:03:37] Thank you.

[01:03:38] And again, if you're standing near a car that doesn't belong to you, please be extra careful.

[01:03:44] I left a little bit of audio in there because, as you just heard, they announced the most

[01:03:50] supportive car club, which was Space City Subies.

[01:03:53] And also, Larissa of Space City Subies won the exhaust competition.

[01:03:59] Now, if you happen to listen to Larissa's episode, which was episode 186, you know that her muffler

[01:04:06] fell off while trying to do an anti-lag while I was recording her episode, which was a really

[01:04:13] funny moment.

[01:04:14] And she still had not put the muffler back on, which was actually worked out to her favor

[01:04:20] here at Subie Fest.

[01:04:23] And I was able to catch up with her after they gave the award to Space City Subies and

[01:04:28] they were all coming off stage.

[01:04:29] So I wanted to get her on the mic to talk to her about winning the exhaust competition

[01:04:36] and just get her thoughts on that.

[01:04:38] So that's what this audio clip is.

[01:04:40] Next up from Import Crate, it's a JDM Lifestyle bundle.

[01:04:43] Larissa.

[01:04:43] Yes.

[01:04:44] This is a perfect follow-up to your episode.

[01:04:47] Yes.

[01:04:47] Hey.

[01:04:48] Hey.

[01:04:48] Congrats.

[01:04:49] Thank you.

[01:04:49] So Space City Subies wins.

[01:04:52] And then also you won for best exhaust.

[01:04:56] That's awesome.

[01:04:57] And I see you're still carrying the muffler around.

[01:04:59] I am.

[01:04:59] I never actually put it back on after we did that.

[01:05:02] Overnight.

[01:05:03] That is so funny.

[01:05:04] Oh, and then get this.

[01:05:05] So during the exhaust competition, the mid-pipe actually flew off.

[01:05:08] Oh my gosh.

[01:05:09] So it was still connected underneath the car, but it disconnected from the downpipe.

[01:05:14] Your car is just too powerful.

[01:05:15] It's actually exactly what we're giving away.

[01:05:17] It's the SUV.

[01:05:18] It just loves following.

[01:05:19] It's not Clifford unless it's breaking apart.

[01:05:22] Yeah.

[01:05:22] Let's give away to.

[01:05:22] Well, congrats.

[01:05:23] That's awesome.

[01:05:24] Thank you.

[01:05:24] Appreciate it.

[01:05:25] So, I mean, other than that, is Clifford doing okay?

[01:05:28] Yeah.

[01:05:29] Yeah.

[01:05:29] Doing good.

[01:05:30] It's actually doing good.

[01:05:30] The O2 sensor survived.

[01:05:32] Yeah.

[01:05:32] The anti-lag, so that's always a good sign.

[01:05:35] I see you got the seats back in.

[01:05:36] Yes.

[01:05:37] I got the seats back in.

[01:05:38] The carpet's all cleaned up.

[01:05:39] It actually looks like a car again.

[01:05:42] Yeah.

[01:05:42] I know.

[01:05:42] That was funny.

[01:05:43] I was like, we have to put the seat in.

[01:05:44] I'm like, oh, okay.

[01:05:45] Hey, it's all part of the experience.

[01:05:46] Oh, yeah.

[01:05:46] Definitely.

[01:05:47] That was fun.

[01:05:47] Who will you know how to say about that?

[01:05:49] So, were you hopeful with it?

[01:05:53] Well, I was super nervous.

[01:05:55] Yeah.

[01:05:55] Like, almost shaking.

[01:05:57] Yeah.

[01:05:58] And honestly, so was Phillip.

[01:05:59] But it was like a blast.

[01:06:02] Yeah.

[01:06:03] I was really excited.

[01:06:04] Oh, shit.

[01:06:04] Yeah.

[01:06:05] And there it is.

[01:06:05] Oh, look.

[01:06:06] You got your muffler signed by Bucky.

[01:06:08] Yeah.

[01:06:08] That is so cool.

[01:06:09] So, I'm never putting this back on the card.

[01:06:11] Really?

[01:06:11] No.

[01:06:11] Yeah.

[01:06:12] Get another one and put another one on.

[01:06:13] Yeah.

[01:06:14] That is awesome.

[01:06:15] Yeah.

[01:06:15] So, so cool.

[01:06:17] Julio E.

[01:06:17] I'm excited.

[01:06:18] I'll have to.

[01:06:19] I'll tell them.

[01:06:20] Yeah.

[01:06:20] I'm actually here.

[01:06:22] Can you take a picture of me and Larissa?

[01:06:27] I'm going to hold your water bottle.

[01:06:28] Oh, thank you.

[01:06:29] Thank you.

[01:06:30] Okay.

[01:06:30] You got to get it in there.

[01:06:32] You're welcome.

[01:06:32] Oh, here we are.

[01:06:33] Here we are.

[01:06:34] Oh, okay.

[01:06:34] You want to turn?

[01:06:35] Is it a bad?

[01:06:36] Is it a bad, like, harsh lighting?

[01:06:38] You guys are both like...

[01:06:40] Yeah.

[01:06:40] Yeah.

[01:06:40] Yeah.

[01:06:40] All right.

[01:06:41] Yeah, that's so much better.

[01:06:42] That's better.

[01:06:45] Awesome.

[01:06:45] Thank you.

[01:06:46] I'll send this to you, too.

[01:06:47] Thank you.

[01:06:48] You're welcome.

[01:06:48] I am the star.

[01:06:49] I'm going to send it to Bucky.

[01:06:50] I have no walkie from you.

[01:06:51] It'd be awesome.

[01:06:52] Well, thank you for the interview.

[01:06:53] You're welcome.

[01:06:54] Yeah.

[01:06:54] I was like...

[01:06:55] Okay, Julio not have us.

[01:06:55] Go once.

[01:06:56] Luke told me that you won, and I'm like, oh, I got to try to get it.

[01:06:58] Julio not have us.

[01:06:59] Huh?

[01:06:59] Did you hear it?

[01:07:00] Going twice.

[01:07:01] No, I was over there doing stuff.

[01:07:02] Because I've been like...

[01:07:02] I've been...

[01:07:03] Can you hear the thing that's like gunshots going off?

[01:07:06] I was way over there.

[01:07:09] Bo Van Nornum.

[01:07:10] There's Bo.

[01:07:11] Which is good and bad, but, you know.

[01:07:13] Lucky day for Bo.

[01:07:15] Bad day for Julio.

[01:07:16] Two in a row.

[01:07:17] Next up from North Reeves, Subaru of Rockwell.

[01:07:19] It's a customized Subaru beach cruiser.

[01:07:21] Is this that bike right there?

[01:07:23] Yes.

[01:07:23] Dude, this is awesome.

[01:07:24] Definitely.

[01:07:25] Definitely.

[01:07:27] Chad Sellers.

[01:07:28] Oh, now he's going on.

[01:07:30] Yeah, Chad.

[01:07:31] Oh, look at this.

[01:07:35] And that is the closeout.

[01:07:38] To SubiFest, Texas.

[01:07:40] So it was a really, really good event.

[01:07:42] It was a really long day.

[01:07:43] But it was a lot of fun.

[01:07:45] And I'm glad that I was able to share it with my family.

[01:07:49] It was nice to have Catherine and Ian there.

[01:07:52] And Luke.

[01:07:53] And all get to experience it together.

[01:07:57] And I was super excited for Catherine.

[01:07:59] Because now that she has a Subaru.

[01:08:02] She has a 24 Crosstrek.

[01:08:04] Third generation.

[01:08:05] This was her first real Subi experience.

[01:08:09] And I'm glad that she was able to get there.

[01:08:12] And have a good time.

[01:08:14] And see what it's all about.

[01:08:16] And get to see so many awesome modified Subarus.

[01:08:20] That was Luke's second year going.

[01:08:22] So we both went last year.

[01:08:23] And I'm also glad that Ian got to experience it.

[01:08:27] But he is the only one that was there with the four of us.

[01:08:31] That does not have a Subaru.

[01:08:33] But he is planning to get one at some point in the future.

[01:08:37] So that is good news.

[01:08:39] Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this.

[01:08:41] I had a really good time, like I said.

[01:08:43] And I know that everybody else that was there had a really good time.

[01:08:46] I'm so thankful that I was finally able to meet Rihanna Gelsimino and Travis Pastrana.

[01:08:53] And of course, as always, it's great seeing Bucky Elastic.

[01:08:56] So for the people that I was able to see there, I'm glad I got to see you.

[01:09:01] And I know it's tough trying to see all the people I want to see.

[01:09:05] Because I end up running around.

[01:09:08] And then, of course, I have to do a little bit of work too.

[01:09:11] But again, just very thankful to Subaru of America.

[01:09:14] Thankful to Matthew for helping put this together.

[01:09:18] And I just really appreciate everybody doing what they can to help me out and help out the podcast.

[01:09:25] So it was a great day.

[01:09:27] And I'm looking forward to next year also.

[01:09:30] And we'll see how that one goes.

[01:09:32] But in the meantime, have a great week.

[01:09:35] We will talk to you later and see you on a regular episode next Monday.

[01:09:41] So be sure to tune in then.

[01:09:43] Much Subi love.

[01:09:45] Raph.

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