14. Minnesota Girls Modified, Silvia Adventures, Working On Your Cars w/ Emily Protzner

All right, hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to episode, I think this is 14. 14, 14, yeah, I'm losing count. Wait till we get to the thousands, Sean, it's gonna be wild, but yeah, introducing my cohost Sean here.

Hey guys, what's up?

So welcome back for another episode. Today we have a fantastic person here. I think I've known you for about a year now or whatever. Emily, how do you describe yourself, I guess?

Yeah, so I've been in the car scene not too long. Not a lot of people really know me, but got into it, what, three, four years ago. First car that I had was a s***** Ford Focus, like a 2001. My dad maybe towed it home, and then basically tear it apart on my own. So that's kind of how I got into cars, is my dad saying, get into this, you got to fix your own car in order to make it school, kind of a thing. So that kind of started me off, although I absolutely hated cars at that point because it was a s*** box.

It was a lot of work.

It was a lot of work, but it taught me kind of how to get into it. And then I finally purchased a six speed S4, which I currently still have, has like 150,000 on it now, but worked on it completely pretty much myself.

That's the black one, right?

I've met a lot of cool people, yep, who have helped me out through kind of getting through it. But yeah, first thing, Thermosat went like about a month into buying it, which is great. So, tore it apart, didn't really have, I guess, the money being in college and all that stuff to kind of bring it to a shop that would tear it apart and help me out with it. So, did it all myself, decided to put coils on and decided that was a terrible idea. So, in the middle of winter, kind of did that. So, I have some kind of interesting stories as far as like me working on my car on the side of the road.

We have a lot of those.

During the winter, during a tornado, yeah. So, fun stuff.

Yeah, one of the number one things I wanted to talk to you about was just like, cause you have a lot of stories when it comes to working on your car. So yeah, we'll definitely get on that. But I think that kind of just, I mean, you're just a person having fun in a car community. I know you have this like a group that you started. I think, what was it? I think it's about a year, year and a half old. Tell me about that.

Yeah, so I started in 2020. Started kind of in the middle of the winter time, but it's called Minnesota Girls Modified. So I was on an all girls swim team in high school. Absolutely loved it. Cause it was a bunch of women that kind of supported each other, got together and kind of wanted to start that within the automotive industry. So yeah, I've been in automotive. We've worked on sales at Toyota and currently work for Audi and I've met a few women that are kind of in the industry, but it's still hard to find people that are really passionate about it and who have a group of, I guess, other people like-minded to kind of come together. So that's kind of the behind why I did it.

To find passionate. So what does like the ideal person in your group look like?

Yeah, so I mean, I have girls that drive S4s, girls that have BMWs. I mean, so it's a variety. It's not one girl in particular. A lot of them. So it's tailored towards younger audience. I know there's car queens, there's other women automotive groups. Mine is tailored towards women kind of getting into it. So younger audience, girls that are maybe in high school, college. So I have one individual that drives a Miata and she's a little bit younger and kind of got into it from her brother who started working on cars. But yeah, it's interesting because I mean, the audience that I have currently are women that, you know, need support because the fact that maybe they just got a car, they don't know a lot about it. They got into it from their dad or their brother or whoever. And just trying to help each other kind of, you know, with the projects that you have. That's kind of how it started.

Yeah, like an overall like support system kind of.

Yeah.

That makes sense. Cause I remember you telling me about that early on when you started and I was just like, all right, cool. Cause like, it's just, there's just so many different car groups out there, but there's like only like a handful of like female enthusiast groups out there, I feel.

Sure. Yeah. And mine is tailored. So I mean, I started it in the middle of winter, met up at like a cowboy Jacks and it was snowing outside. People still came through though. It was a, it was a good turnout. And yeah, a lot of women really liked to get together. It was, you know, younger audience. So people that are like me that work in automotive. So it was cool to, yeah, kind of bring a, bring a group together, kind of smaller, talk about our cars, talk about how we got into it and everything. And then there's an individual that I love, who showed up to one of my recent events. And she didn't know anything about cars. She thought it was a boat cruise. So she showed up with like flip flops or berks on. She's like, I thought we were going on a boat. And she actually ended up going to every single meet now, like past that part. And so like the girls have gotten her into it, which is kind of cool. So yeah, teach her about her own car. Like, hey, let's like diagnose your current car that's having issues. So it's kind of neat, kind of cool. There's another person that drives all the way from Wisconsin just to come to every event that I've had. So it's a lot of like really genuine dedicated people that are really just there for the community, I think.

Tell us about the events themselves though. So how often are you hosting these? Where are you hosting? I'm like, what's going on there?

Yeah, so I try to do some during the winter. Did a lights cruise where actually we met up. I know Jake was here like last week, I believe.

Jake Bird?

Yeah, so he let us use his shop. We actually wrapped up our cars in Christmas wrapping paper. I went to Target and bought a whole bunch of tape, Christmas wrapping paper, and we used his shop to wrap our cars up. And then Valley Fair area was doing the lights cruise type thing, so we actually drove our cars in the snow, in the slush, wrapping paper coming off, lights all over the cars through this lit up area. Made some cool content with it, and it was super fun. Had a great time. So shout out to Jake. He's a great person, and thanks for letting us use the shop and everything. But yeah, it's just good to have connections, people in automotive that support each other, and yeah, it's been fun. That was one event. Did another Minnetonka lake cruise, which was fun, and then try to do some things during the winter, but although it's hard to get people's cars out, they still come for just getting together kind of aspect.

Yeah, it's good for dinner or something.

Right. Yeah.

Yeah. My circle kind of limits to just kind of like Sean and Eric and maybe like two people during the winter, because it's like anything that's more like than an hour away during a blizzard. I'm like, no, I'm not interested. Thanks though. But no, it's crazy how many people we've had on that know each other though, right? Because I didn't even know you knew Jake, right? So it's like every time I have a different guest, it's like, oh yeah, I know this person. I'm like, what? No, really? So that's really cool. So that's awesome. So you do a lot of stuff with the group. I mean, did you want to switch topics with anything right away, Sean, or anything of mine?

No, but I was just gonna say, anytime that I ever click on anybody from like Minnesota Car Enthusiast Club, and I see like mutual friends, you're always on there. You're always one of the mutual friends. You literally know everybody. You connect everybody.

That's what I try to do. So the only other person that has as many as me, like mutual friends, is probably like Ryan Wheeler, Lambo Dad. And I think he had like 400 or 500 mutual friends. I was like, holy s***, dude. Like I talked to two people in high school. So it's wild now. It's just kind of where this has come. But you do wild s*** with your cars though, because you've told me a few number of stories, but can you, I think my favorite car of yours is probably that Silvia, because it just kind of seems like it's one thing after another. Can you like, before we even get into that, what are your, what's your favorite types of cars? Cause like obviously you love Audis, you work at Audi, but let's start with that. Like what are your favorites?

Huge JDM fan, huge Euro fan. So, I mean, Euro kind of got me. I mean, that's what I started with. I bought the Audi. Then I worked for Toyota and I started seeing Skylines and Silvia's and the 240 was always my dream car. And just finding the right one was difficult, but I had searched for probably a year or two before I found the one that I have currently. And I was looking for a specifically one that was right hand drive, because I didn't want to KA. So it's, yeah, finding the right one was hard, also the right price point and everything, making sure it was clean enough. But I got mine from someone that was selling it and it was just imported. And it was a whole process as far as like Japanese title, go and take it to the DMV, trying to get all that stuff sorted out. But it's stock. It's, yeah, pretty much stock other than currently has no exhaust, because I had to rip it off. And I'll talk about that story a little later of why, but yeah, pretty much stock and super clean. And yeah, it's fun. It's an SR So it's very loud.

Was it a pretty interesting delivery though?

It was, yeah. So they, so I had it shipped at the time. I worked for Toyota and I used their dispatch to ship it from, it was in Michigan. And then they dropped it off on a Saturday right in front of the dealership. And everyone is like running around. I was with a client and I look out the window and all of a sudden the car is being dropped off the truck. And the guy that dropped it off didn't know how to drive it. And I just see it like basically come down off the truck and hit the curb and like, yeah, kind of messed up the front end of it. But it was cool. It was an interesting day and nobody knew how to drive it. So I had to like, hey, sorry, I got to go and like take care of something real quick, move the car out of the way. And my GM comes up and he's like, what the hell is going on?

It's a nice theft of what's called a deterrent, too.

Oh yeah.

Because it's manual and left or was it right hand drive?

So even if you knew how to drive manual, you'd have to somehow rearrange your brain and be like, oh, I got to use my left hand to shift.

Yeah, it's such a sleeper, quite honestly. I mean, it's a Zenki body cell currently. I wanted to do a body swap on it eventually. But yeah, I mean, it looks like, you know, I've had people say, oh, cool, Camry, you know, because, I mean, doesn't look like anything special. But then you hear it and you see, oh, it's right hand drive. And people like look at me while I'm driving. And it's just an interesting experience to go through the McDonald's drive through backwards. It's cool. It's fun.

So I've done photos like that before. My actually might know Tyler Falconer or whatever. Like he has that sword or whatever. And we did a shoot in Culver's or whatever. We took a sword and backwards and it's sweet. It's a sweet photo. I love that photo. But they were so angry like, they're like, sir, this is not safe. And they were just like freaking out on us. It was the best thing ever. But no, I love that car. That thing's pretty sweet. I know we raced the S4 and the VW back when I got it. And that was fun. You were showing me some spots around the city. So that was pretty sweet, too. But yeah, it seems like you kind of got a very specific niche of cars and you know them very well.

Yeah, that's that's a thing. I mean, I've loved Audi forever. When I was looking for my S4, I wanted the supercharged three liter. I absolutely love that car. I mean, if I could hold on to it for longer, I would. But I'm probably going to sell it at this point because I do have plans to get something else. And I'm very indecisive when it comes to building a car. So I've changed this build that I'm getting like three times. But I'm very excited. So it'll be here in August. And yeah, well, probably. Yeah, yeah. Fully customized myself. And yeah, you'll see what it is. But I'm probably going to part ways because I don't I don't need I don't need to just keep collecting cars, you know. It's kind of a problem. Yeah. Well, just, you know, which one are you devoted to? And I don't need like a whole garage full of cars. So I think I'll part ways with this for eventually or, you know, eventually. But yeah, it's kind of what taught me how to get into cars, I guess, because put a thermostat in it, coil overs, changed out water pump, changed out, you know, my front end grill on my own exhaust, everything pretty much that's on that car that I've modded out myself. So, yeah, it was a fun experience, just kind of learning and getting to do that and on to the next project. So that's kind of why I got the 240 also is because I have an S4. I needed a car that was actually a project car that I can work on. So, but yeah, going back to the what happened last summer, I was driving the 240 like down like a side road, like France Avenue, like a busy area. All of a sudden I hear like a clunk and like my wheel literally falls off the car. And so I'm thinking, okay, well, you know, I can push it out of the way. I get out and I'm wearing like white too. I'm wearing like a white dress and I'm out here like pushing my 240 in the middle of the street. People are looking at me like, what the hell is this girl doing? And literally tires like sitting there, like I ripped out the threads on the spacer. And so I called a tow truck because I'm like, well, what the hell do I do? Dudes like won't can't like put it on the tow truck without the wheel being on the car. So I'm over here kicking the s*** out of the wheel, trying to get it off. So, you know, it's like move, jack the car up, eventually got the wheel back on, just took off the spacer in order to get it onto the truck. Then as they're pulling it up, the exhaust is hitting on the ground because it's so low. And they're like, you're gonna have to take that off. So here I am, and with some friends trying to take it off in the middle of the street, and there's a whole police cop car behind me, like what the hell is going on? Looks at the car, why is the steering wheel over here? You know, what are you doing?

Yeah.

And it's just people don't see those cars, and they're also like, what is this girl doing?

It's so confusing.

So, I mean, if you ever saw that inside of the road, you'd be like, what is she doing? But took the entire exhaust off, I still haven't put it back on, so it's louder than hell. I've took it to a few car meets this year, actually. And yeah, I mean, people just like look at it and they're like, what the heck? So, yeah, fun times.

I can't even imagine being the officer pulling up to that. Like just, you know, not even like an officer to sign you in a car guy, because a lot of cops are car guys. But like, just being completely clueless, be like, I don't even know you can get steering wheels on the right. Why is the chick driving it? It's just like looking absolutely filthy.

Yeah, and it's a manual. His mind must have been blown.

And it's a manual. Oh, my God, dude. He'd be just absolutely losing it. That's crazy.

Oh, my gosh. Yeah, it was. Hey, you need to move this car out of the middle of the road. And it's like, well, sir, the wheel's not on. And I have to take the exhaust off to get it on to the truck. And the tow truck driver is actually sitting there like looking, just like smiling, like having a good time, like, oh, no, this is fun. You guys take your time. I'm just, you know, going to chill here. Just literally, I have, you know, he's sitting there in the background as like me and friends are like taking off the exhaust.

And it's like, yeah, you were doing that on France and there's no shoulder there. There's no nothing in the middle of France. So you're occupying a lane of traffic and you're just working on it. Like you're in an auto zone parking lot.

Yeah, exactly. But it's fun. Fun story. It's fun times.

We know a thing or two about wheels falling off.

I do. I don't think you've had that problem yet.

I f****** hope I don't either, man.

No, that is one of the scariest things to happen. And that happened to you in traffic on a road.

I've had caliper come off my car for not, you know, I kind of should learn my lesson. And it's funny because my mom got me a torque wrench, a really nice one for Christmas. And like, I just never used it. And like, that's like my problem. I can work on cars. I can take them apart. Bodywork stuff. I'm like, I won't do that. But mechanically, like, I can do stuff. Dad taught me. I'm good. I just don't torque anything down. So it's like, OK, my caliper bolts are falling out. My, you know, suspensions all falling apart. So, yeah, I mean, driving a death trap of a car is just, you know, so much more exhilarating than, you know, having like a new 2023, whatever I could get into.

Yeah, that reminds me, I should probably make sure my wheels are torqued down. I think it's fine. Who knows? So like, usually I throw my own summer wheels on. But this time I took it to the shop because like they had my tires or whatever, and you're going to mount them. So I'm like, all right, you guys can put them on too. Don't f*** it up, please. So who knows how torqued those things are?

They probably just hit it with the air tool. It's probably over torqued.

That's what I'm worried about now.

Honestly, I just found this out this year. You're supposed to re-torque them after about 50 miles of driving.

I'm at 500 big dogs, so I think we're good.

So we'll maybe double check the torque, make sure that they haven't loosened up.

But Sean, I'm trying to get this f****** car totaled. I want the next thing.

But you want to sell it in one piece. You don't get as much money for having it in two pieces.

I'll just go buy it off, co-part and part it out. We'll figure it out. But yeah, no, I'm excited for whatever comes next. But okay, so we touched on that. Wasn't there one time you had it all jacked up? This is the story that you told me about when I first met you when we were at, what was it, that thing off 13 or whatever. You showed me pictures of you working on it, and there was a tornado in the background or whatever.

Oh yeah, that was my oil pan on my S4. Yeah, that was a fun time. So it was leaking, still probably leaking. But yeah, I was tearing my oil pan off and putting a new one in, and then I had to pry back the air cooler and all this stuff, and it's still not seated properly because the way the Audi designs things is really not easy to work on. So I was in the middle of doing that, had just put all the oil back in the car, turned it on, and that was during tornado sirens. I was in the Apple Valley area, so it was getting pretty bad. I think it was a few years ago now. But yeah, the sky was green. All of a sudden, rain starts coming down. It's warm, humid, tornado sirens, and I'm seeing wind and stuff. The wind was going crazy. So all my tools flying everywhere. It's just downpouring. My 10 mil is who knows where. And yeah, no, my car starts rolling down the hill because I turn it on and it has a hydraulic parking brake. So I'm trying to turn it off or trying to make sure the car doesn't roll down the hill. But all my oil comes out in the driveway, down the driveway during the storm. Like my car is rolling down the hill. My mom's over here yelling at me like, what the hell are you doing outside? Get in here. And then, yeah, we have a really picky neighbor at the time. And my mom hates when I just order car parts and like, you know, have exhaust systems and stuff just like show up at her house and whatnot. I just use her driveway because I don't, you know, apartment cannot get a... I've already gotten yelled at for working on my car in apartment, like underground, like parking area. So don't do that. But yeah, no, it was a fun time. My car is rolling down the hill and yeah, I mean, it didn't hit anything, but it's just like, you know, once you start working on cars, you're like, wow, I really love cars. But then like once you get into it, like when you really like really kind of like, you know, why am I doing it? Like I need to pick a different hobby kind of a thing at this point because yeah, it gets tough.

There's like kind of like a honeymoon phase when it comes to any hobby though. Like the first like 20% is like, oh my God, this is so fun. You get really into it. You're like, I f****** hate my life. And then you're like, but I love it. And yeah, I haven't gotten to that point yet. Thankfully.

You haven't done nearly enough work on your own car. And maybe that'll happen once you get the new one and you just start modifying everything kind of like how Emily has with her as for you're going to learn a lot on that next car. Cause you just bought a car that's already modified for you. You didn't have to learn anything.

It was pretty easy with this one.

So this next car, you're going to learn a lot. I'm going to make sure that you do all the work yourself.

It's going to be a more complicated platform too. It's not going to be f****** like a Lego set. Cause my Volkswagen total Lego set. Like you just see everything you need to do in there. It's like, oh boy. So I don't know if I want this anymore. Just give me a f****** camera, dude. F*** this dude. F*** cars. Hey Sean.

Hey Haris.

Do you need a roofer?

I could use a guy.

Well, I'm glad you agree. I saw your roof. You definitely need a roofer. And guess what? I think we know a guy. Do you remember Eric from the podcast, like a million episodes ago?

Yeah, of course.

Well, guess what? He is the Twin Cities finest contractor. All right. He'll get you taken care of because this summer, Minnesota being Minnesota, it's going to throw hail at your roof. It's going to have tornadoes throwing shingles off your roof. You know what? You don't know what's going to end up up there. And he's going to get you taken care of because when you Google Solaris Roofing, you're going to see five big, beautiful yellow stars, and they're going to be telling you that he does not take a no when it comes to perfection. So you're going to reach out to him, either going through Google or you're going to go to solariscos.com. And let me tell you something, Sean, are you going to reach out to him?

I'm going to reach out to him today.

Well, I'm glad you answered that way because buddy, you need a new roof. But OK, so let's see. We touched a little bit on that. I mean, what do you want to talk about? Is there anything that you mean? There's so many things that you're kind of involved in.

So many things that I could talk about. I mean, yeah, I did.

Did you see the new Ferrari?

I did. The SUV, or SUV. Yep. So that's right. We're within. I work and saw it. Quite a few Ferraris that were out during the event. So that was cool.

Oh, it was here in Minnesota?

Yeah, yeah. They just did a release event, like what, a few days ago here. And so they did the unveiling of it, you know, showed it off. It's interesting. You know, it's the first Ferrari SUV.

So even though they're not calling it that.

Yeah, yep. So I mean, it was stunning, the lights and everything. It just is tailored towards, I guess, a certain audience. There was someone that pulled up with one of those Lamborghini SUVs. So people that like them, like them, but yeah, other people are like, it's an abomination, just like, you know, Porsche with the Cayenne and everything. So it just depends on if you want an SUV or if you want, you know, because you're, when you hear Porsche, I mean, you think of, okay, yeah, I want a Boxer, whatever it is, not like the SUV version.

I don't think of a Boxer, though.

I mean, yeah.

Yeah. I just think of it straight up, like, I don't know, like, that's the thing, like, when you think Ferrari, I just think 458 for whatever reason, just because like, that's kind of what we grew up with, right? But there's some people that, like you said, like, it's not for them. It's like, well, great. You're not the market. Like, I remember this is like when it first released on Facebook or whatever, Motor Trend, and people were like b******* all over social media, like, I would never buy that Ferrari. I'm like, first of all, dickhead, you can't even afford it. Let's start with that. Secondly, great. You're not, it's like they're selling these in super high numbers either. So it's like, it's not for you. Like, not everything has to be about you, right? Like some people, like, like Joe Rogan always says, like, some people don't like yellow cars. Like, I don't get it, but.

Well, having a Ferrari isn't something that you get easily. I mean, you more or less, you know, not everyone can get it. Yeah. Or even the events. Like you have to have a Ferrari in order to be invited to these events. I mean, very exquisite type of people. I mean, that's fine. Wine and cigars at every one of their events too. So yeah, it's a real small knit, you know, kind of community as far as people that, you know, go to those things. But yeah, where I, where I'm at is, you know, working for the same automotive industry that owns a Ferrari dealership. So it's kind of interesting to see Ferraris, Porsches, Audis, you know, and, you know, Audi being kind of a lower class option compared to what's right there. Basically, but yeah, no, Audi is coming out with some interesting stuff. They're really pushing for EVs right now. So that's very big. So especially in Germany or a lot of Europe now, people are having to get on board with, you know, Teslas and more EV stuff. But yeah, the GT, I'm, I'm a fan.

I saw one the other day.

Yeah, they look amazing. They're quick. I mean, drive one, they're handle amazingly. More or less the R8s replacement, they're built in the same factory as where those were. And this is the last year for the R8 and the TTRS.

I'm so sad about that.

Yeah, people that were on the wait list are, you know, getting it. But then after that, no more. So 2023 is the last year that we hear. So yeah, some people aren't super excited about that.

But is there still time to put an order in?

No, absolutely not.

Did they do like a final year, like send off, like special edition or what is the special edition called?

Well, they don't. I mean, this is just the last year. They're only doing the Quattro R8 2023 is the last year for it. But they're they're pushing towards, you know, the GT now just in the last year. That's kind of the push towards, hey, this is the new R8 kind of a thing.

So that's really it breaks my heart, man. I grew up with the R8.

Yeah, that was another great one.

Well, I didn't even know until recently because like I just never cared for it. But there's like the Gen 2 and the Gen 3 look exactly the same. But apparently there's like a Gen 3 R8. Like I'm confused about that. Do you know about that at all?

I mean, there's they're one of the 2020. I think it's 2020 or 2021 or something. And, you know, there's different like years packages. But I mean, it's the same R8 that they've always had. They had a V8 option and now they're doing the V10 only. And, yeah, so there's a lot of changes, especially, you know, RS cars in general right now. Audi is changing a lot of that stuff. And, you know, just who can, you know, how long it's going to take and, you know, their production and everything. But yeah, I mean, production in any supercar right now is just difficult. So it's hard to get your hands on. EVs are really, you know, I mean, Porsche too. They're Taycan and, you know, just all manufacturers are kind of on board with electric. Now at this point, that's where things are headed. So yeah, I hear that they're maybe condensing some of their inventory as far as, you know, how many cars they have out there as far as gasoline. And people, I guess, will have to get on board as far as EV stuff goes.

God damn it, California. F****** California to all of us. Yeah, but-

So us as car enthusiasts, yeah, it's a little different.

I'm honestly not worried about it though, because I think this is like kind of like our first podcast episode topic too, like, you know, ICE versus hybrid versus electric. And I'm kind of on the train though, like, you're never gonna get rid of gas altogether. I think we're gonna kind of just fizzle towards like hybrid. Maybe we'll see electric, but electric is so expensive too. Like right now we're kind of in like the golden era for it, because it's like building. It's kind of like 1968 for muscle cars, right? Like the golden era. But the thing is, is like, it's so resource intensive to get those batteries. And it's like the second any war pops off, dude, we're not gonna be like, gonna be able to get lithium, but then also cobalt. Like we get cobalt from like a lot of like African countries. And it's like, the second any other country steps in on that s***, like then we're stuck with like regular as whatever, you know.

So that goes the same with like crude oil. Like we're not gonna, we don't get that.

Like worst case scenario, f*** it. We got Alaska.

That's not gonna be enough to supply the entire country.

Dude, Alaska is the size of the entire United States. Or no, like half the United States. Yeah. Dude, that's bigger than like all the European countries.

Yeah, but most of Alaska is like protected. You know, their companies can't just go chomping down the trees and...

All right. Listen here, partner. We're gonna unprotect that s*** if we need to.

F*** you. Yeah, anything to fuel our jets. Yeah.

Oh, dude. Oh my God. Yeah, we're gonna turn this into like a climate change podcast real quick, but yeah, so that's kind of like where I'm at. Like, I don't know. Like you actually work for a dealership though. Like, so do you think it's gonna be like hybrid or do you think it's gonna be full electric in 10 years?

Full electric.

You think so?

Yeah, that's where, you know, all the, you know, the world leaders are pushing for the climate change. You know, what is it 2035? Everything needs to go electric.

F****** Greta. Yeah, it's gonna be, but the thing is, is like that at the same time as car enthusiasts, like car enthusiasts typically don't always buy the new cars right away, right? Like we kind of like to go back in time. Like that's why you have a Silvia, right? Like, or like that's why you have a 1M. It's like, that was the golden era of BMW. Like the greatest BMW ever made probably. So it's like, it's kind of weird. Like we'll be dead by the time Tesla's become collector cars. You know what I'm saying? Like right now we're kind of collecting Supras, like Mark IVs and, you know, this just old JDM, you know, classic stuff. In 30 years, 20 years, we're going to be collecting Teslas, dude. You know how dorky that's going to be?

I just don't see a market for that. I mean, like the Tesla Roadster, the first Tesla that they made, that's kind of a collector's car right now. I think they sell for like 140K, but you know, like that's a rare example. They didn't make a whole lot of them.

They're so dog s*** too. So I actually saw one in person.

It's just a Lotus Elise with an electric battery.

With like a dog s*** electric battery too. It's got like a mile, like a range of like six. Like it's like, it's, I don't know. This is a hot topic for me, as you could tell, but yeah. I don't know. It's going to be interesting to see.

Well, it was interesting because a lot of people wanted to do it because of the tax credit benefit of getting electric.

Which come and go.

Which has, yeah, changed so much. If you want it through Audi, I guess I can just talk to this. It's only in a lease and only on like specific models. But yeah, you can get it only like as a rebate or rolled in from a lease situation. So they're just doing that. That's just from Audi because I know that a lot of people really wanted electric. That was the incentive to get it. So now they're adding in that rebate for, you know, if you lease and a lot of people do typically lease them actually is what I've seen. So yeah, the GT, I mean, they look phenomenal. They're really fun to drive too, if you haven't gotten your hands on one, but they make a GT and then they make a GT RS. So 3.3 versus 2.9 seconds, zero to 60.

So what's the new one? I haven't seen the new one at all.

Well, the GT RS, yeah. So you can get different carbon fiber, basically the same car, but a little bit more power, more or less. So there's, I mean, they look almost identical. It's just there's two different versions versus I know like the Taycan. You can add on quite a few things with Porsche. Always you can add on like quite a few bells and whistles. But I mean, comfortability of the Audi is amazing. They actually are co-developed with Porsche.

Yeah, yep. They're on the same platform as the Taycan, right?

Yep, same windshield. So yeah, they're fun cars, but they make two different versions, one that's a little quicker and one that's, you know, one for, you know, I guess people that want electric and want something that looks cool.

Well, it's kind of like a V8 or V8.

Yeah, yeah. But yeah, totally.

You think you could get us in for a test drive?

I mean, yeah, we do have one outside if you want. It's on Sommers.

Yeah, okay. So what's the power on the RS come to?

Well, it's, yeah, like within the five, sixes range typically, I guess, if you compare it. So, I mean, it's about the same within the R8, more or less, like power distribution. Cornering is a little different, and then it's totally different aerodynamics and the way that the whole undershield is, or the underneath of it is designed. It's really cool. And then also just the side splitters and like the whole design of it is just for aerodynamics. So it's designed beautifully. Very efficient. And then they're launching a Q8 actually, an e-tron now. So it's going to be a full electric Q8. And range is a little better over here. And also the just charging time is going to improve as well. So Audi is really on top of their stuff right now. And they already have a few other SUVs. They have the e-tron, e-tron S, which is a little bit quicker. It's like 725 foot pounds of torque in that thing. So you put your foot down and you're just gone. So I mean, it's like, you don't even hear, you don't even hear the person come in. You just put your foot down. It's like, okay, I didn't hear anything happen, but that person's way up there, got gapped. So it's, yeah, it's interesting. You know, electric cars are really pushing out and you don't really see them too often, too. So they're kind of also sleeper cars, but.

Oh yeah. I think everybody who goes for electric, I think is always been like the Tesla, you know, they had the majority market share. They're kind of like the face of electric cars. And now you're seeing all these other car brands coming in with their own, like the Mustang Mach E and, you know, the Taycan. You got all these new models coming out and people are now like, you know, which one do I pick and choose? I think still people are kind of going to Tesla because they're like, that's the bread and butter.

Pretty OGs.

Yeah, exactly. But I think also with the abysmal customer reviews on them, I think they have probably like one of the worst like ratings. Like 50% of people have complaints like after owning them.

There's been a lot of stuff happening with Tesla recently. Yeah, their MSRP is on a lot of their vehicles dropped. If you heard about that.

So yeah, that tweet from Elon.

Just a lot, a lot happening with Tesla. So I think, yeah, I mean, it's hard to say where they're kind of going I think at this point, but.

Yeah, but you're seeing a lot of these other brands who make quality cars and they're going to make quality electric cars.

Right. So they're catching up. And yeah, there's, I mean, a huge push towards electric. If you went to the auto show, I mean, pretty much almost every company or manufacturer had their own electric vehicle now at this point. So I mean, when I was at Toyota, like almost every single vehicle you could get as a hybrid. And then they launched the hybrid Tundra, which is really cool. But yeah, huge push towards, you know, electric AVs and whatnot. I mean, as car enthusiasts, yeah, it's a little different, but I know we still love our classic car.

So yeah, I don't hate it. Yeah, I mean, I'm all for the tech aspect of it. And I think ultimately, because like we've got like, ICEs are still getting better. And then the electric parts came way better. Like every year, somebody has like a crazy new development. So that's kind of why I'm like, oh, let's meet in the middle. But yeah, no, it's freaking wild, man. I think the one worry that I have about electric that I've kind of heard from Tesla's, especially people that like autocrossed it like a couple of years ago and just racing it is overheating because you can only rip on those cars for so long before they just start overheating. So it's like makes sense.

Yeah, Audi, so where I'm at, they basically take out the individual cell packs and I've seen a battery it dropped out. So it's completely underneath of it and they drop it out of there and they'll actually replace the individual cell packs, which is great for just, you know, timing so that you can get your car back if something does need to be replaced, but just an efficient way to maintenance a car. I mean, it's pretty much it, just huge battery underneath. So yeah, it's interesting to see. I mean, just the literal frame and then a battery.

That's super cool. Yeah, because I remember reading about that like a year or two ago. They're trying to get better at servicing and you just plug and play different parts of it, like you said, a cell pack. That's really cool, actually.

Hook it up to a computer and see which cell packs need to be replaced. And it's not the whole battery that needs to be replaced. It's just the individual cell pack.

Which is so different from like 10 or 15 years ago. Like I was even thinking about buying Terry's Prius once upon a time to get it as a daily because I was like, oh yeah, first of all, Priuses are f****** amazing. I don't care what you have to say about that, Sean. They are the best daily ever. I thought about it. So anyways, it would have been like 6K. But then like the thing is, the battery goes wrong or horrible. It's like super expensive on those older cars. But now you're like you're saying like, oh yeah, just like plug and play a cell pack. Done. It's not a $10,000 fix.

Haris, you know how many Priuses I've pushed out of snow before? Probably two to three in my lifetime. So I will refuse to get a Prius.

I'll beat a fourth. I'll do it. I don't care. The new one looks kind of interesting too. Like didn't expect that. It's interesting.

It doesn't matter. You can put a lipstick on a pig. It doesn't make it any pretty. It doesn't make it not a pig. It's still a Prius. It doesn't matter how you look at it. It's always going to be a Prius.

And Sean, the world needs ugly people. How would you know who's pretty then? I'm just saying you need some ugly and slow cars or just stink. I don't know. That's kind of where I'm at. But because like a Ferrari wouldn't be a Ferrari if you didn't see just some, you know, sucky S4 on the highway or something. So I don't know. Just just my ideology.

But I mean, I just love seeing different people mod out their cars in a certain way. I love rice style cars. Honestly, I just, you know, I see them. I'm like, wow, that's cool. Versus cars that you see that are just built from factory and you pick it up and, you know, you can just buy it. I mean, I like seeing like what's under people's hoods and see what they modified on the car because it's different. You know, you can engine swap and do all that. So, I mean, with electric, maybe not something that you can do. So that's kind of the unique part of being able to modify your own car and change it to how you want, get some different rims and then change the engine out.

Yeah, that's the sad part about about electrics, because like there's only so much you can modify. Like it's like, all right, suspension, wheels, engine swap. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Some sort of interior. Speaking of like engine swaps, whatever, because like you were at that event and you saw the SF90, I think Jobi brought his out out there, but it's crazy like how low that engine sits in that car. Do you see that at all when you're out there or no?

Possibly, maybe.

Like you have to literally like bend your neck over to see where the engine is, because it's just so deep in there. It's just wild. But yeah, man, I've really grown to like Ferraris a lot in the last few years. I've always been a Lambo kid. I don't know about you, but I just kind of worry. Oh yeah, there's a nice topic for you. Do you like Lambos or Ferraris more?

Oh my gosh. You're going to question me on what I think. I don't know. I mean, I like cars that you don't really see often. So I mean, when you see a Lambo or a Ferrari, I mean, they're both exotic cars. I lean probably towards Ferrari, I guess a little more. But I mean, I'd rather have a modded out, you know, older S14 or something, you know, just quite honestly, because that's just where I grew up with. And what I like is just a car that I can change, a car that I can mod out, and that's still a nice car. But I don't know. As far as exotics, I really like McLarens, actually.

I can see that.

Yeah, Lotus, actually. I mean, that's just not really like an exotic exotic, but I think they look pretty good. But yeah, I mean, I'm not really like a diehard fan. I mean, it's kind of funny because where I work, I see like GT3 RSs, GT4s, you know, are brand new that, you know, go to our same detail shop. So I see, you know, cool cars coming off trucks, like almost every day. I see new Ferraris get unloaded. So once you're around them for so long, you know, it's just weird. You get numb to it. It's kind of weird because it's like I used to love cars and I used to freak out over them. My mom used to like send me videos of like Supras and stuff. And now it's like, OK, there's another one. But that's why I think it's unique to see people with their own builds, you know, and to see what people have done to their cars, because that is unique. And it's not something that you see all the time is, oh, there's a different engine and, you know, in that car. So yeah, everyone keeps telling me to LS swap it. I'm like, no, we're not.

No, that's just been done to death.

Yeah.

Yeah. No, when me and Sean were in Texas, when we went to the 1320 meet, that was, we couldn't like believe it. Like we're just like, we came back to Minnesota and we're like, this f****** sucks. Like, cause there's so much uniqueness out there. Cause like think about how many people are out there too. And everybody like granted every 18 year old must get welds when they turn 18, but there was so many like cool like project cars out there, just different stuff. Like just it's wild to see, like you just weren't used to it. But at a certain point, I feel like the Texas people probably get used to it too. They're like, oh yeah, there's Billy with the whatever the f*** again, you know? So that's kind of downside. But at the same time, like if you like, I always like think like people who have 20 or 30 cars, like they got to get used to it, right? But if you think about it, if you have 30 cars, you drive a different one on every single day. Like it's just kind of like that constantly changing experience.

I went to Arizona like a month ago or something, and the car scene out there, totally different than here. I mean, that's wild. Yeah, have to deal with any of the snow or anything. But right to the Porsche, took it around some, you know, mountains, like right outside the border, like between like Arizona and then California. It was super fun. But their cars and coffee down there, insane. I mean, you just see just these high end Bugattis and Lambos and, you know, people that can have those cars out there. And it's just totally different car scene. Everyone has custom plates out there, too, which is cool. And everyone drives like, you know, totally different than they do here. So, yeah, I mean, it's cool to see different places. But the other thing is you kind of think of, you know, are these people numb to this feeling, too, because of the fact that they see, you know, these nicer cars out here all the time. So, I mean, being in Minnesota, maybe you don't see the kind of cars that you typically would out there. So a little different, but super fun.

It's weird, like, especially like you've known me as well. Like, I've seen so many crazy cars over the years and shot so many cars. But like, I don't get numb to it anymore. I get excited. Like, for example, like when the snow started melting or whatever, like two, three weeks ago, and I started seeing like C5 Corvettes and like 5.0 Mustangs. I'm like, oh, that's one of our people out there. You know, like, I don't know. I'm just a dork about it, I guess. Like, because I caught myself getting numb to it. I'm like, oh, another Lambo. But then I was like, I kind of remembered like my first like time seeing a Lambo, right? It was like on the street. And this is like when I was like 13 or 14 and just blew past. This is a green one. And the memory is like so hazy. I can't remember if it was like a Yardo or a Huracan, but it's like, I remember that so vividly. And I was like, up until then, all I've seen is the s*** at the car show, which more than half the time is f****** meh. So it's like, just kind of weird, like, I don't know. Like, I just like to remind myself that there's kids who will never see a Lambo in their life ever. And that just kind of blows my mind. So I'm just like, I gotta, like, I force myself to appreciate it. But I don't know. I guess I'm weird in that way.

It's so funny driving the 240 because people didn't know what it is.

They freak out.

And freak out. And they'll start taking pictures of it, or like at car meets, they'll, you know, want me to rub it, or like, you know, they'll gather around. And it's so weird because it's like, you know, it's just a real old Japanese car. But I mean, it is cool because everything is, you know, in another language. And it took it to a Valvoline like a few weeks ago, because they made an oil change. I'm like, you know what, I'm not doing this myself. So they took off the original filter and they gave it to me, which is pretty cool. And then they were all like standing around it, like, oh my gosh, you can leave it here a little longer. We don't get to see stuff like this. So, I mean, people that know what it is, they absolutely love it. And so that's, you know, just the unique part of it is, yeah, it's not a Lamborghini, but people still get really excited over like old JDM cars.

It has the heritage. It has, it's an icon. It's legendary status. It just holds that place in a lot of people's hearts because of, you know, the culture of being around cars, you know, rare finds, video games, stuff like that. Like you grow up like driving these cars and you're just like, you put them on a pedestal. And then when you do see them in real life, you know, you can't help, but, you know, want to look at it and like inspect it, like all the fine little details.

That's a good way to stay different too. Cause like, like you said, you get numb to seeing stock cars, but I feel like when you see certain builds that only come out a couple times a year, like for example, Jesse with his RWB, people absolutely freaking freak out when he brings that thing out. Like that's one car I kind of got numb to cause I've seen it enough and I've shot it like once or twice. But it's like at the same time, like dude, that's a freaking RWB. Same thing. Like when you see like a crazy built like Silvia, like there's this one video I remember on Instagram and Eric always sends it to me whenever he finds it. But it's like an event or SVJ leaving, but everybody's watching the Silvia just absolutely f****** rip it out of a meat. And it's like, dude, like, well, they're just so loud.

And I mean, they just sound great, but it's different to. Yeah. I mean, the way that you mod it out is just totally different. And so I guess also another thing that really wanted me to finally like, okay, I need the 240 now. I went out to rent JDM over in Vegas when they were still open. And I saw like their four door sleeper, like Skyline and like RB swaps, like our 33 trans, like custom exhaust and everything. And like, I got to ride in it and it was like a 700 and some horse, you know, like a car that just sounded, it just ripped through the tunnels. And it's like, you're like waving out the window and it looks like a sleeper. And it was like Millennium Jade Green with like some folks on it. And it looked great. And that like really just like sparked my love. And I was like, I need it now kind of a thing. So I found it and got it. And yeah, I still have a lot to work to put into it, but I don't have time for it. And it's like, you know, just work all the time. And I have two cars now that I got to do stuff with. So yeah, no, it's been, been fun seeing a lot of other JDMs out there. I think that's what I love the most really, and what I freak out about, I guess, when I see it.

A project car is never done too though, right?

It's never done. It's always something you can do. Yeah.

Well, it's just like, there's always something different. And it's like, and even then, like if you are quote unquote done, you'll always be like, well, I kind of want to try new wheels out, or I want to get a new wrap or whatever, you know. Okay, here's a question for you. Where do you stand on like custom builds, right? Like, do you prefer quality or like, because like, like rep wheels versus real wheels, for example, right? Like, are you the type of person who always gets real wheels, or will you consider something like reps?

Hmm, probably more the real thing. I mean, I'm a big fan of, of Volks or work wheels, I guess, for if I were to do something on the 240. And I mean, there's certain people that are within like a JDM community that absolutely like hardcore will go to, or it's like a certain brand or like Renault and steering wheel or whatever it is, mammo. You know, there's certain brands that people like and certain brands that people don't like, but I mean, if it's your own build, like you get to make it what you want. But at the same time, I want to keep the car classic. I don't want to turn it into like a drift missile. I want it to be clean. So I want to put the original emblems and everything on it. I mean, change out the rims, yeah, but I'm not going to go to like some aftermarket wheel on that thing because I want it to be clean and not to look like everyone else's build, but maybe change the color on it, but still have it look, you know, not like a bright yellow or anything like that. Still like a classic color that people...

So you kind of want it to be reflective of the era. You want to kind of do time correct modifications. Back in the 90s, they would have thrown certain wheels, steering wheels, all these engine modifications. Nothing like today, like throwing HREs or big wide body kits on them. I know they were doing wide bodies.

Well, I am a fan of wide body kits, and I want a 3-2-6 wing on the back. That'd be really nice. I'm a simp for big wings on the back of riced out JDM cars. But for me and the 240, I want to keep it clean. I don't want to drill holes and put that on because I feel like it would just ruin it. People would look at me like, what the heck, why would you ruin that car? So if I were going to do that, I'd probably just get a Ka 240 and just do it with that if I was going to drift it. But for the car that I have currently, it holds value if you keep a classic, so that's the plan with it.

That makes sense. I'm the complete opposite. I'm just loud and annoying. Make it f****** yellow, let's go for it. But at the same time, again, having shot so many cars, there's something to be said for that classic clean look. It just looks right. Where are you going with that?

Well, I love loud cars. My car has absolutely no exhaust, no cats, no nothing. So that thing is loud.

Not by choice.

I mean, not by choice, but I kind of like it. I mean, I say built-in massage seats now at this point, because I mean, the muffler and everything, like literally the whole car shakes, and it's like louder than heck. And yeah, I mean, people will definitely look at it because they're like, damn, that car is loud. And then they're like, what the heck even is that? And they look at it, and it's just a black thing that looks like a Camry. I mean, it says Nissan on it. So it's like, what the heck is that thing? But yeah, it's just kind of funny. Kind of funny to see people's reactions on it, too, because it's like, oh, where's the driver? And it's like, there's someone in the passenger seat who's sticking their feet out the window, and people are freaking out, and I've had chance. It's like, oh my God, mom, look at that.

Yeah, that's freaking wild. Okay, so what's next for you then? So I mean, not necessarily car-wise, but also what's the next one to two, three years in the car community look like for you, whether that's car-wise, group-wise, whatever?

Yeah, so I want to grow my group. It's grown since I've started it, and people have really came together, people in the group chat, talking and everything. But this summer, I want to do more MGM meets, Minnesota Girls Modified meets, meetups, cruises, things like that. I want to work to do a BYOP event, so bring your own parts, work together, just do this. Oil change, whatever your car needs, and kind of my knowledge in working on cars for the past however many years. I can do basic stuff, so let's get together and let's do it, and let's do it together and have a fun time, throw on some music, order pizza, whatever it is, and try to promote women getting into automotive industry, because that's a great thing to do, but then also just the community of it. And then I want to work with different, like talk to my GM. Hey, can we do some sort of an Audi event or something like that for the girls, and maybe bring them down and show them what it's like here or like Ferrari or like let's start to do more big things with women getting into automotive and like start to grow that, you know, and do different events that are just fun. And yeah, that's kind of the plan. And then, yeah, it's been fun with Audi. I mean, they sometimes send me over to different training facilities. I went to Chicago last year for like an EV training thing and different training events that they have, different launch events. We did like a mini rally basically. Took out Audi, went on like a little cruise. So they do fun things like that for me, which is a lot of fun. And yeah, that'll grow. But yeah, that's kind of where I'm at, is just wanting to grow that group and see where it goes and just to do a good thing of, you know, bringing people together.

So how did you get into sales at Audi?

Well, I worked for Toyota for a while. I was a marketing communications major and then graduated right during COVID from the U. After that point, ended up working for sales for a while over at Toyota, started training, doing different things with them. They wanted me to start working in their marketing department, and then I decided to go to Audi because I got a job opportunity there. And then at the same time, I also got a job opportunity for a different marketing company. So I had to pick what I wanted to do. And it was hard. But I chose Audi because I mean, I love the brand. And I love Audi as a brand. I mean, I have that S4 currently, and I just love that car. So it's fun being able to talk to people, being able to talk about something you're passionate about. And yeah, that's ultimately it. Getting to meet people that also have cool cars that you work with and also being in that network. Carousell is an amazing company to work for, so I'm happy to be there. It's been a whole wild ride in automotive, because I used to not know anyone in the car community, so it's crazy now that things are changing so much.

It's pretty exciting. Damn it, I have one more question that I lost. I don't know, I can't remember. I think I remember when we were first talking or whatever. Weren't you planning on starting some sort of business at some point too? Or I can't remember.

We'll see. Yeah, I have a lot of small things that I'm trying to do currently. But yeah, I mean, working where I'm currently at, it's always hard to find the time to do it. Yeah, for sure. I'm trying to do lots of different things. I wanted to turn MGM into a nonprofit organization at one point. You know, and that was kind of a goal of mine too. But just trying to create awareness and starting to do just more cruises and things like that and just to build it. And, you know, working with different companies to just promote events would be fun. And then eventually maybe down the line to start doing things like that. I know Snap-On does a few events, you know, for promoting women in automotive and things like that. But, I mean, it's still, yeah, it's still interesting because, I mean, we don't have a single woman technician at Audi currently. They have an all-guys locker room. No women that work back there as a tech. So it's interesting because, you know, even when I was at Toyota, there was maybe one tech back there that was a girl. So, yeah, it's different because, I mean, women are still in, you know, they're into it, but they work in certain areas, you know. A lot of women in sales, actually, they're super big, like almost all of us over in sales right now are women, actually. But, yeah, it's just trying to create, I guess, opportunity for that would be my main goal at this point.

I think that's pretty spot on, like right now, especially is like the best time to get into it because, like, there's so many resources out there and there's so much like, like think about like how many trends are on like TikTok and Instagram. And that's kind of like where I feel like people start to learn, like say whatever you want about social media sucking. I know a lot of people do, but like there's so much like knowledge and growth out there. Like, for example, like I have a coworker, she is like a young, you know, like a 17 year old girl who's trying to get into that. Like she's doing everything she can to try to get certifications and stuff because that's what she's passionate about. So it's like, I love seeing that more and more in a community just for like younger kids in general, because like when you think about, I'm the youngest person at this table, I think, but it's like when I was like in high school, like you had to kind of look a little harder than you do nowadays. But now it's like you just scroll down your feed and it's like, that's cool. I want to get into that. So I don't know. It's really awesome.

Yeah, there's just a lot of, yeah, different things around women being in automotive, I think. I mean, when I was first trying to figure out where the cruises were, and you know, I went to a DCC meet, the very first experience that I had was getting out of my car and someone asking me like, what's modified on my car? And that's right when I got it. Hey, what'd you do to your car? Is it static? Is it begged? And looking at it, like critiquing it and saying, oh, well, I'll just get my fix of an automatic while I still can. And then like walks away. And it's like, you know, you're just not feeling like welcomed there. And I guess that's just like the biggest thing of like why I wanted to do an all girls car group so that we could like support each other in it. Even if I, you know, I'm part of a few like online chat groups. And it's like, if I have a question about like, so my blinkers on the 240 didn't work when I first got it. My hazards weren't to not turn on. And I tried everything, posted in a chat. I was like, hey, in like a 240 community, who can help me with my blinkers? Oh, maybe you should try Blinker Fluid, you know, just stuff like that. It's, you know, you want to have a group where people support you and like will actually help you not like put you down when you're into cars, you know. And I think that's just part of the biggest thing of why I want to do it, too, is just to like have a safety net of, hey, we're here for you. We want to help you through it. So, yeah.

I think that's a good point, actually. And that's something that I've heard from other people in the past, too, is that there is kind of like a threshold that you have to get past, like a ceiling or whatever. But like a lot of people are just kind of dorks about it in the community. Like you said, that guy coming up, like, oh, what's wrong with it? Or like I've heard from other chicks be like, oh, is that your boyfriend's car or whatever? And it's like, if I were to pull up with like that Silvia, I'd be like, oh, my God, that's the coolest thing ever. Right? Like, oh, my God. But like, do you come across that like a lot still?

A lot of people come up to me and they ask me, they interrogate me. Hey, do you know what you're talking about? You know, people that own shops. Hey, like, do you know anything about JDM cars? Do you know what kind of car this is? This is your car. If I'm hanging out with a group of guys, oh, that's her car. So, yeah, I mean, it's interesting. Even when I was working at Toyota, it was like I was one of the only female salespeople there. And it was some guy refused to not work with me because he said, I don't know what I'm talking about. And my dad is an electrician. I used to do a lot of like soldering, put my own radios in. So, I mean, like wired up my own radar detector. Like I know my stuff and this guy wanted to put in an aftermarket like wiring harness. And we don't do that. And like he said, go back there and tell me, like, find me someone that knows what they're talking about. So I went over to service and I said, hey, this guy wants to put an aftermarket, you know, harness back there. And I showed him. I'm like, hey, so here's the ground wire. Here's the power wire. Here's where he connected in. Because like I knew how to do it, like I could just explain it to him, but he didn't want to believe me because of the fact that whatever. But yeah, I mean, you get people like that, but I just kind of push it off. It's whatever. So I mean, that's the reason kind of why I like loved getting into car stuff and I did it all on my own. And I didn't care if it was raining. I don't care if my tools are going down the drains and, you know, I'm outside at two in the morning because I used to pull like long hours working on my car outside. And I didn't have another car to get around. And so I was Ubering and I was trying to put coilovers in myself, not knowing what the heck I was doing. But had it I made it happen and I did it on my own, which was great. So he does do a lot of independence. So it's fun. And yeah, I love it. Every second of it.

I think it's a solid story, too, like, because that's the thing is like a lot of people get into cars just because it's a trend sometimes. But like you have a genuine passion for it. That's like really cool to see because you've been doing it for f****** ever. So it's like you just kind of you've earned that right of passage or whatever, right?

Like, yeah, my dad was the type of person that was, OK, we're going to take this alternator apart and put it back together. Like, I'm going to teach you how to, like, you know, put some grease zirks in your ball joints, which is like a real old way of like doing things. So me, you know, I tell the text, they always like goof with me over how much dumb stuff I've done on my car. But I literally tapped grease zirks to, like, grease up my ball joints on my control arms. And they're like, what the heck are you doing? Like, you don't you don't need to do that. Why won't you just buy new ones or something? Like, you know, but my dad's so old school that I would be doing so much work that I didn't have to do. And I mean, I know how to do it and people like laughing me for it. But it's just yeah, that's the way that I guess I grew up in doing it ever since kind of high school time of like, you got to fix your car. Alternators going out again. Okay, you know, grounding issues in the Ford Focus. You got to put a new one in. So I just had a, you know, a warranty on it every year. I just put a new alternator in. I got really good at doing it.

So I can't wait until you're like 60 or 70. And then you're just pulling up to like meets with all these dorks and like, you know, the Tesla 5000 or whatever, you know, and just pulling up. You're like, oh, my God, there's that cool a** grandma. Like, oh, my gosh, you're going to be like the wise one one day. So that's going to be pretty sweet. I don't know. I'm kind of running out of things here, Sean. Anything you want to chime in with before we wrap it up here for today?

Man, I don't know. The only other questions that I think we have is, you know, if you could pick three cars for a daily track and show car, what would they be?

Well, for a drift car, I'd want like actual built 240 that I could use as like a drift car. That'd be amazing for, I guess, a track car, because I mean, I just love drifting. I think it's super cool and I want to get into it and love that. So that'd be one. I guess if I had an exotic car, I don't know, McLaren or something, probably.

Wasn't it? No, it was track car, show car. And what was the other thing? Daily?

Well, exotic could be a show car.

So that would be your show car then?

That would be my show car, I guess, and daily.

Well, what kind of McLaren?

Actually, let's change that. I'd probably, I mean, stick with an S4 just because I love the S4. I think it's a great car or something Audi. An RSQ8 would be kind of cool, I guess, if I'm going to need it a daily. Honestly, I don't know if I need that big of a car, but not the RS6. They sound great. I don't really know about the wagons. I mean, they're all right.

I'm not a fan of the wagons.

I mean, they look good, but I can't see myself driving one. I guess I'm either an SUV or like a city end type of person. I mean, I could rock like an RS7 or something. I think that'd be fun. Or I don't know. I mean, I'm just a diehard Audi fan and then a JDM fan. I think it'd be cool to have a Supra.

A Supra?

Definitely.

Yeah.

Cool. So okay, so we got the kind of like the RSQA, like RS7 for the daily, the track car would be like a Silvia, and then would you say McLaren for your show car?

Sure. Yeah.

I don't know. You said the S4.

Wait, is that going to be the show car?

Sure. A modded out S4. I don't know. I'm so indecisive when it comes to cars, honestly. I mean, I see so many cars around that I'm just like, no, I take that back. If I had a show car, it'd be like a Porsche GT3 RS or something.

This is such like a squirrel moment. It's like, oh, I want that. I want that. I love it though.

Well, yeah, I need to have a 10 car garage before I can start, you know, thinking about what other cars that I need at this point. But yeah, no, I next car I'm going to have black with custom red stitch interior. It's going to be nice. My current car is black and I was so indecisive on what color exterior I wanted, but I just went with black again because I just once you go black, you don't go back. I guess you just continue to go with one color and you just kind of fall in love with it. So same with Audi. I just fell in love with the brand and I can't really go to another another option at this point. So we'll see though for the future. I don't know.

I like it. You have a diverse taste though. Even though you love Audi, you're not a hater on everything else.

I respect everyone's builds. I wouldn't go that far. I love exotics. I love kind of everything. But I don't see an exotic car and freak out about it as much, I guess, as other people would, because I'm more tailored towards Euro and cars that you can modify, I guess, just because it's more fun that way.

I like it. All right, well, cool. Let's wrap this s******* up. Then where can people find you and your group and all that fun stuff?

Yeah, so we're at Minnesota Girls Modified on Facebook. I have an Instagram page as well. And then sometimes post like TikTok videos of some of the group stuff as well. But yeah, at Minnesota Girls Modified. If you, I mean, most of the people that probably listen to this are guys. So I guess if your girl wants to join the group, tell her to come through. And yeah, shoot me a DM or something.

And then anybody, do you really post your personal?

I do not use social media. Yeah, I mean, there's so many people out there in the car community that use social media stuff. And I really just like to be anonymous. I really, you know, is probably people don't know me. That's what I said, you know, kind of because I don't go to a lot of meets. I really don't. And I'm kind of, you know, just under the radar when it comes to stuff like that. So, I mean, you can follow me on Instagram, but, you know, it's not about that. I mean, I just love, you know, people don't even know that I have a 240 because I don't post it at all. So, I mean, it's kind of anonymous. Just low key. Low key. It's my car. I don't care what other people think about it and what other people have to say about my build or what I drive. And it's not for like a clout thing. It's because that is a car that I genuinely love.

So, yeah, I like it. That's legit. Coming from a genuine place. So, it's pretty solid. And then you guys can follow Sean at 1MNMOPAR.

Yeah, thank you for shouting me out. You can follow Haris at Minnoxide, but you probably already know that if you're listening to his podcast.

I know, we're just kind of flipping rolls today. I like it. Just having fun.

But I had one more question. So, where can everybody find you at the dealership? Like, can you help them buy a car?

Yeah, I suppose if you're looking for a car, you can just come in and ask for Emily, because I'm the only one there.

Which Audi?

It would be Audi Minneapolis. That's the current location where I'm at, yeah.

What if I'm not looking for an Audi? Can you still help me find a vehicle?

Yeah, I mean, we... So Carousel has BMW. They have Audi, Audi Maplewood, Porsche, St. Paul, Porsche, Minneapolis, Ferrari, and then also have like a Coon Rapids sheep Chrysler store too. So pretty big, pretty big company, and I can kind of, you know, see, you know, inventory as far as all of that goes. So it's fun. I mean, working there, you get to see exotics. You get to, I mean, just the people that you work with there is such a different clientele. It's all about customer service and it's so different than, you know, where I came from. So people know what they want really when they walk in the door. So it's just helping them out. So yeah, right.

So if you're looking for a new car, ask for Emily.

Or used.

Sure. Yeah.

And then support the podcast by buying cars from her because she's going to kick back a commission to us now too as well. So don't mess with you. Awesome guys. Well, thanks for tuning in. Be sure to check out Emily and all her fun stuff. And then thanks for listening.