Broke Car Snobs

Adam has fun tail lights, AJ talks names, Bruce likes a Honda | BCS Ep S02E26


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In this week's episode, it's fricken hot out!  Before recording this episode, Adam discovered the tail lights on his Allroad were all jacked up.  The car was at the dealership a week ago for a couple recalls, and it looks like they reprogrammed a module back to factory settings - woops.  Our movie this week - Lake Placid.  Honda unveils the new Civic Type R.  A more mild look aesthetically, which can almost guarantee wider acceptance assuming the performance stays the same or better.  AJ brings us the Cadillac Celestiq, a $300,000 luxury EV.  A new bridge in LA gets broken in by some boneheads, the NHTSA OK's manufacturers to sell replicas of cars older than 25 years old, and BMW issues a statement on their subscription model.

In the second half, AJ brings us a melding of two topics - cars and names.  What are certain manufacturer's naming conventions?  What makes have the most interesting names?  We discuss the origin of the word Jeep - is it from the military "GP" or is it from the cartoon Popeye?  How car parts got their name.  And a brief discussion on how car parts differ in name overseas.

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