Buyers Remorse - My Phone Conversation With Larry

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Hey, what's up, everybody? It's me, Jeremy, and I am here to kind of introduce this audio for a reason that you'll come to understand in a moment. First of all, I keep your pants on because this isn't going to be one of those kind of audios, so if that's what you're looking for, yeah, you might as well just close it, stop, and just forget about me altogether because that's not what you're going to get here.

This is definitely going the other direction for me. I haven't been here for a minute. I've kind of been in and out.

I haven't really been posting much stuff recently for no other reason other than, you know, life gets in the way, and I've had some stuff going on. I made a very irresponsible, I'll say somewhat irresponsible, I think, kind of purchase. It was extremely spontaneous, and I thought that it would be fun that instead of me doing my typical kind of thing, to call one of my best friends.

When I say one of my best friends, I'm talking about somebody that I literally have known since I'm like eight years old, and have a conversation with him and record it around this very thing that I'm talking about. I'm not going to get too much into it because I don't want to lead you on, but here goes, and I would love to hear what you guys have to say about it. Tell me that I'm terrible, tell me it's horrible, tell me, I don't care, tell me whatever you like.

I thought it'd be a little bit of a cool little break from what you're normally used to hearing from me. I don't know, you know, I'm open for whatever. Maybe I'll throw some picture out there too, I don't know.

Anyway, thank you so much, as always, I really do endear all of your fandom and all your really awesome, kind responses and support, so without further ado, here it is. Thank you. First I want you to repeat what you said, and then you can respond.

Those that know what the Miata truly is, know that it's not a pussy car. Those that don't know what the Miata truly is, think it's a pussy car. Oh, okay, yeah, okay, I'm ready to hear your explanation.

I don't agree, but okay. The Miata has a very strong racing lineage, okay? And it's got a very big history on racing because of its nimbleness, because it's got a pretty strong power-to-weight ratio, because it's relatively 50-50.

Just to avoid any confusion here, the Miata that my friend Larry is speaking about is mine. I went and bought this car, almost sight unseen, not intentionally, again, long story, I was looking for a car, not even for myself. I wasn't even looking to buy a car, I just kind of did it, and now he is defending my purchase that he just found out about to me.

So this is why this is amusing, so just bear with me. This is why I love this guy, okay? Because he's literally sitting here defending something that I did, which is dumb, to me.

Just roll with it, it's good. The 50-50 weight distribution, because it's real-world drive, it makes it a car that you can get on a track with, that you can fucking have a great time with, that doesn't cost you a lot of money, and that there's tons of parts for, so therefore it makes it a great car for getting on a track and having a great time, because it's such a nimble fucking little car. It's a great car for the track.

So, for that, and the people that know, know it's not a pussy-mobile, but those that don't know that it has that racing lineage, and just think about it as the car on the highway or on the road that, you know, is a little convertible, blah blah blah, and they don't know, yeah, they're gonna be like, yeah, it's a pussy-mobile. Huh. Okay.

Alright. I mean, listen, I'm gonna, I'll respect your opinion. Listen, it's how you're, listen, you own one, I don't.

I know, it's funny that I'm, you're defending my car, to me. Yeah, but you know, I owned a Miata, so I get it. Oh, you did too? I didn't know that.

I had a first, yeah, I had a first generation Miata, like, probably, shit, at this point it's probably like, probably like 10 years ago, but I bought one on eBay in Baltimore for like $1,200, and it was, it drove, it was great. I did some work on it, I, when I bought it, the, it, the reason I bought it is I drove it, and I was like, alright, I can feel it's running rough, but it's like, it's got power in the motor, I can feel the power still there in the motor, and, and I noticed that the front bracket, it had these front brackets on it that had been towed behind a motorhome. So I knew the miles that were on the vehicle, that it said were on the vehicle, weren't actually on the vehicle.

Got it. And so, I took the car, I bought it for $1,200, I took the car over to Mazda, I said give me the laundry list of what it needs. Wow.

They gave me like five, six things of what it needed, that were right, that needed to, needed to happen. I then did them myself, I took the whole top engine of the motor off, redid all the gaskets, spark plugs, gaskets, belts, you know, all of it, put it all back together, and drove it for like two years. Okay, cool.

Yeah. Nice. I read a book, and figured it out.

You read a book. How about that? Alright, I guess that's why you're defending it.

That makes sense. Listen, I got nothing against the Miata, I think the Miata's a badass little ride. I mean, you know, they're just badass little rides, but what made you fucking buy a Miata, dude? What made me? Nothing made, I mean, there was no, like, no one put a gun to my head.

What was the reason behind buying a Miata? There was no reason, I was looking for, you know, Jordan's been like, up my dick about looking for a car, you know, not really looking for a car, but like, how much, Dad, how much do you think you could like, you know, how much can I connive out of you to, you know, donate to my car fund, you know? Yeah.

And I'm like, I don't know, Jojo, you know, like, you only call me when you kind of need something, so, I mean, I don't know, is this like, you know, transactional, or? So, I've been looking, you know, I was looking, anyway, and, you know, as I was looking, you know, I was looking, you know, within a bracket of a certain amount of money, and I saw this car, and I just was like, oh, that's a nice looking car, huh? Ah, you know, I pass by, and then I'm looking at all these other pieces of shit, and I'm like, oh, I'm not Civic, Civic, Civic, Civic, Civic, Civic, Civic, Civic, Civic, Audi, all these cars, and then I kept going back to it, and then I just, I, I just messaged the guy, and it was the dude's son, and the dude's like, it's like a one-owner car, so, he's like, you know, he's a little bit older than us, and it was like his wife's car, he, it was like, she commuted in this shit.

Anyhow, so I went to go see it with my friend that I work out with, Dimitri, and I was like, it's nice, you know? He took me for a ride, and he told me everything that he's done to the car, which is like, take great care of it, I mean, outside of the fact that the paint is like, you know, 22 years old, and has a lot of, you know, it needs a lot of paint, I mean, it doesn't need it, but. What year is it? It's a 2000.

Is it a first gen? It's an NB, so it's a second gen. Second gen? Yeah.

They're cool, dude. Yeah, no pop-ups. No pop-ups.

Ah, they're cool, dude. No, um, yeah, I mean, it's cool, the e-brake doesn't work, the A.C. doesn't work, it's I gotta get those two fixed, things fixed.

Yeah, are you giving it to JoJo, or are you driving it? I'm not giving that shit to anybody. Um, I've been driving it.

Who did you buy it for? I guess I bought it for me, yeah, I guess. No, I said, how much did you buy it for? Too much, like $5,500.

No, that's not too bad. Um, I mean, the car is in great shape. The guy, he made me promise him, he's like, promise me you're only gonna, like, put synthetic oil in this car, promise me you'll only change the diff with, like, synthetic, like, he's definitely taking care of the car.

Yeah. And he wants whoever, I mean, I don't know if he's just feeding me a lot of shit, it's possible, it's possible that he is. It's possible, yeah.

Um, but, you know, he's like, promise me, you know, that you're gonna take care of it, and I'm like, yeah, man, yeah, promise me you're gonna take care of this money that I'm about to hand you, motherfucker, you know? Yeah. So, uh, but yeah, no, I mean, the car's nice, I like it, uh, the roof leaks, obviously, like, I think they all do.

No, you gotta change it, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta put a new roof on it. Uh, I think it has a new roof on it already. And it wasn't done right.

Maybe it wasn't done right, um, I'd like to get the hardtop, I'm not sure. Yeah, you and everybody else and their grandmother, don't, you'll never get one. Well, um, a few miles away from here, uh, there's a guy who just does Miatas, and he builds spec Miatas?

Yeah. So he's got outside, and I didn't know this place was even there, like, my friend actually, the guy I worked out with, told me, yo, there's a dude right down the block, all he does is work on Miatas, I'm like, yeah, whatever. I'm like, no, I'm like, nah, man.

You think you should call? Yeah, Alex, I know you're gonna tell me, Alex. Yeah.

I don't think I'm gonna call Alex, but, um. I guess Yuval told you the same thing. Yuval didn't, I didn't talk too much to Yuval about it, Yuval thought I was an idiot.

He was like, you're an idiot. Why'd you buy that car? He's like, how do you fit in that car? I'm like, I don't know, man, I don't, it's really hard.

He's like, why would you buy that car? He's like, I got rid of mine because I couldn't fit in it anymore. He's like, how do you fit in it? I'm like, you're right, man, I mean, I can't argue with being, you're right, when he is right, you know?

Yeah. It's very cramped. It's very, very cramped.

You know, that clutch pedal's tiny, man. Yeah. Tiny.

It's fun as fuck to drive, though. It is fun. It's really fun when you wind out third gear and fourth gear.

It's super fun. Yeah. Yeah, it's fucking fun.

And when you throw that little bitch into a turn and it goes. Oh, that is fun, too. It's fucking awesome.

It is. And, yeah, it's fun because, you know, like in my other car, like, you know, when you in my other car, like, it isn't fun at all. There's nothing fun about it.

It's totally good fun. No. No.

This car is fun. That's the only fun in the car that you got, right? Yeah.

Because you can have a good, like, that's the thing. When you have something that's like a little toy that you can go out and like just, you know, fucking, you know, get your fucking juices running a little bit, it's fucking awesome. It is, but, you know, it's also scary, you know, like having not driven like a stick in so long.

Yeah. Like getting used to that. And then sometimes like I forget, you know, I don't know if you experienced that ever, but like I forgot a couple of times and I'm sitting at a light, you know, and I'm just chilling and I'm like, yeah, you know, and I forget that it's a stick and I forget that I have to like be careful and I feel like a fucking dick, you know, like, you know, do you know that feeling?

Premature ejaculation. I can't. I can't.

I know. I can't say that I've had that one happen. Yeah, I know.

I know. So, I mean. Sorry.

No, no. I know. And I don't know.

I don't know about the Miata. I don't know about the first gen Miata because I never drove one of those, but this one is a six speed. Yeah.

The gearing is really, really tight. So it's like one, two, three. And then four, five, six is like kind of long.

But getting through those first three is like even between getting like, you know, from like red light to green across the street, you can get through like second gear. No problem. It's like you're shifting already.

You haven't even moved like 20 feet. You know what I'm saying? So it's like work.

You're already doing work. You haven't even moved. How are you feeling being able to drive it with, you know, your issues? I expected it to be more of a problem.

That's not the big problem. The big problem for me is more like, like I have to be careful about the shoes I have on because I like to just fucking throw on like some snooks and shit, no socks, fucking, you know, especially when it's hot out, you know, unless I'm going to the gym. I'm not putting on like sneakers and socks and all that shit.

But but with that little clutch, my foot moves around so much. It makes it difficult. And, you know, shifting, you know, and that you got to be accurate.

So I guess that's that's my challenge. That and not not pounding on the brake and I my fucking feet are big. You know, I wish I was a little I don't know, littler feet or something, but I don't know.

There's no solution. It's a small car. Tiny.

It's tiny. It's a tiny car, man. Tiny, tiny.

So how do you now help out Jojo? I don't fucking help out Jojo. Oh, you're not helping her out? I mean, if she asked me for help, I help her.

But I mean, she's not that much. She's not super duper in contact with me, so I don't I don't. But but this dude also did a lot of work to the car also that I didn't that that he has a list.

I'll get you a list. He has a list. He told me of everything he did.

He didn't he didn't do anything like internally to the motor. He didn't put like a cam or anything in it. But he like I think he advanced the timing on the ignition.

He has he said he put a cold air intake in it. It's definitely not a cold air because it's sitting in front of the motor and there's no box. He told me he put well, he put an exhaust on it and there's still I think there's still cats.

It's not loud, but it's not quiet. It's not obnoxious. So yeah, man, I'll send you some pictures.

I'll send you some pictures. Yeah. It's like blue.

It's a dark blue and tan. It's all right. And the rims look nice.

He put he put correct rims on it. Nice tires. I don't like you can't fuck with those in the winter, so I'm going to have to do something like put it away or put the car away.

I don't know. Anyway. Yeah, that's what's going on.

I'll get a car cover. I got a car cover. Anyhow, it's my fault.

The weather's my fault. I fucked it all up. So I couldn't tell everybody.

It's my fault. Bottom line. OK.

Yeah. Well, listen, I'm blaming you from here on out. It is.

It's my fault. I it's. It's my fault.

It's my fault. It's my fault. It's my fault.

It's my fault. It's my fault. It's my fault.

It's my fault. It's my fault. It's my fault.

It's my fault. It's absolutely my fault. All right.

Well, you know, as long as you're taking the blame. Yeah. You know.

Listen. Yep. I think that you need to get, you know, if you're going to continue driving around, maybe you need to get a pair of thong underwear or something.

You think? All right. Well, you know.

Just to fit the, you know, fit the bill. Really? For being a pussy.

Oh, is that really? That fits the bill. OK.

I mean, that's not really my job. It's my job. It's my job.

It's my job. It's my job. It's my job.

It's my job. I mean, that's my job. OK, it fits the bill.

OK. I mean, that's not really my jam. That's not really I.

I mean, OK, no, listen, I got nothing. I got nothing but respect for the me out of it. So, like, you know, you're you're you're you're you're not going to get you're not gonna get me to say that it's a fucking pussy mobile.

Listen, man, I mean, if I can have whatever I wanted, that's not like I would love to have a like a 911, like an old one, you know, but dude, I would be in so much trouble. I would be in so much trouble. I would get so many tickets.

I would do I would get I I got tickets in my fucking Hyundai. I got tickets in my Kia. I got pulled over in this fucking CX five that I have going one hundred and ten.

I can't I can't fuck with fast cars, man. This car isn't fast, but it feels fast. Yes.

So it's good. Yeah. That's the other nice thing about it is that it feels like you're going really fast and you're not.

Exactly. It's good for me. It keeps me.

It keeps me in line. You know, because when you because like you said earlier, when you're going around a turn, it's fun. It feels like you feel like you're getting a good experience, but you're not you're not breaking the law.

So. Exactly. That's all.

Yeah. I'm not trying. I'm not trying to break the law.

Congratulations on your new mobile. Oh, yeah. Thanks.

I didn't I wasn't trying to like that was I was trying to say way into that. You asked me out the weather. That's all.

So, you know, it's OK if you tell me you bought a car, right? No, I know. I mean, I was planning on telling you at some point.

I just wasn't going to like, yeah. Yeah. Whatever.

Whatever. So what's up with you? What's new? I might be getting a fucking car that I don't want.

Oh, yeah. It's something cool. Probably a Carrera GT.

Right. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. It's a GT, right? No, no.

I would love one. I bet you'd love one. Me, too.

Can I get a ride if you do get one, though? Yes. Thanks.

I'm not getting one. No, it's a 1951 Studebaker. Okay, why? What are you going to do with that? Keep it, keep it.

That's good. My mother's husband, Leon, it's his car, and they could use some cash, and so basically I made a deal and said, all right, if you need some cash, I'll give you cash, but let me, you know, I'll take the car, so it doesn't feel like I'm just giving you cash, you're selling me something. I got you.

Maybe your brother can make an art project out of it. No, dude, it's in mint condition. But does anybody give a fuck? I mean, is it worth anything? I don't know.

It's worth, I think it's worth somewhere between $15,000 and $20,000. Oh, that's a good amount of money. Yeah, that's what I think it's worth.

It's in mint condition. It's the first year that they put a V8 in the Studebaker. It's got a lot of like, it's the first year of stuff in it, and there was not that many of them made, so it's kind of a rare car in a way.

Okay. You know, but again, it's a, and then it's, you know, the back doors are suicide doors, so it's got like a little bit of a cool factor. That's pretty dope.

Yeah, that's dope. It's an ugly fucking car. So what? You know, it's three on the tree, you know, so, you know, you got the stick on the column.

Oh, okay. Yeah. No, I don't think I could fuck with that, but okay.

You know, it'd be fun to drive it. For you. You know, it'd just be fun because it's different.

Different. Okay. You know what I mean? Sure.

It's not like, you know, is it going to be fun to like, go and like, go take a long trip in? No. Or like, you know, whipping through turns on? No.

It's, you know, like you go up the hill, it's like, you know, it's like, you know, it's not like, you know, is it going to be fun to like, go and like, go take a long trip in? No. Or like, you know, whipping through turns on? No.

It's, you know, like you go up to the ice cream store. Yeah, without your children, because it doesn't have seatbelts. Uh huh.

No, it has seatbelts. Okay, just one? It has two.

Okay. Yeah. Cool.

But look, you go up to the ice cream store with it. Maybe you go to Cars and Coffee and stuff like that with it. That's it, you know what I mean? You're not like taking it on a ride, you know, I'm not going to drive it, but you go up and you're like, okay, you're going to take it.

That's it. Right. They're like, oh, this motherfucker again.

Cars and Coffee. They're like, oh, God, why did he come back? Dude, it is so 1950s ugly paint job too.

It's like, it looks like a fucking creamsicle. Oh, wow. Hmm.

Yeah. It's like, it's, it's pretty special. Well, I tell you what, I checked this out, right? So you do your, you do your transaction, get your car, right? I've been thinking about doing this, like, um, this like content, like YouTube thing, like car thing.

I don't know if I'm really going to do it. So I don't, don't quote me on it. It's just an idea.

Like I want, I, anyhow, if I do, I'm going to come review your fucking Studebaker. Is that cool? Don't laugh, motherfucker.

I'm serious. But if I do, I'll do that. But also if you want to get rid, I feel like you're not allowed to get rid of it.

It's now a family heirloom, right? I get rid of it and eventually I will. Eventually I'll sell it.

But here, I just sent it to you. Okay. Well, what I was going to say is if you give me like, if you give me like some, like something like posters or something, I'll, I'll give it to my dad.

Like the, my, I bet you where that my parents live. Some motherfucker will buy that. Oh, I could sell it pretty easy.

Right? Yeah. You could probably too.

Yeah. Look at it. Take a look at the picture.

For what it is, it's fucking cool. It's just not my thing. Yeah.

I mean, let me take a look. Let's see. What do we got? I mean, it looks kind of cool.

It definitely looks like, yeah, man. Wow. Wow.

I can't see you driving that. Oh my God. That's huge.

It's not as big as you think it is, but it's big, but it's not that big. Holy shit. Holy shit.

Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit.

Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit.

Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit.

Holy shit. Holy shit. Where are you going to put that motherfucker? In my garage.

How are you. .. You're going to take up your garage with this thing? Yeah.

It could just be on one side. It's not that big. It looks bigger in the picture than what it is, but it's.

.. Oh, fuck. It's a boat, but you know, it ain't like a caddy or anything.

Yo, you could like rent this out as a house, man. Are you kidding? I mean, look at this.

I mean, look at this. I mean, look at this. I mean, look at this.

I mean, look at this. I mean, look at this. I mean, look at this.

I mean, look at this. I mean, look at this. I mean, look at this.

Are you kidding me? Are you kidding? Are you kidding? Are you kidding? Are you kidding? Like I'm not kidding, like you could build like a fucking skyscraper with this motherfucker.

What the fuck? Okay, cool. Yeah.

No, that's cool. All right. Are they driving at the ello? Have fun.

No, it's like I already found out it's going to cost like 1200 bucks. Oh, you're not driving it back? No, what? I'm not going to drive it.

Oh, come on. It would be fun. Oh, hell no.

It's three speed all the way from Florida in the heat? Yeah, with no air conditioning, no thank you. Oh, come on, man.

You and Carlotta, make it a trip. Mm-mm. Mm-mm.

No? No way, brother man. Oh, I think that would be fun.

Mm-mm. That thing's. ..

Dude, do you see the color of that thing? Yes. Like seriously.

That's why? The color? Really? I feel like that would be the least of your worries.