Totally That Stupid – Car Geekdom, and a little bit of life.

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In this episode, we reminisce about hairstyles past, being mocked by adults, and (if you want to skip ahead to 11:20) chill cars events including MN Oddballs and Reed’s very own Clifton Cars & Coffee.

For you visual types, here’s the moving-picture version. Same words, but with more… us.

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In episode 13 your hosts remind the viewers that it’s okay to make mistakes (by whatever means you choose), the Tao of Mechanic (“Don’t Hurt Yourself”), plus a few pointers on how to never, ever dispose of used car fluids and/or the small bits that may have fallen into the bucket with them.

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In episode 12, your totally stupid tour guides explain why Reed wrote down “Dodge Aspen & Plymouth Volaré” on a piece of paper, reminisce about some of their best car accidents, and discuss the point where you take a car to the repair shop. Also, Saabs.

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In episode 11, your totally stupid tour guides examine the concept of “Factory vs. F&ckery,” Convertibles That Should Not Be, and the difficulty of buying an enthusiast car in an actual color.

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In episode 010 your intrepid hosts wander down the rabbit hole of living “a little bit of life” before getting into proper car banter (at time stamp 13:03, if you’re curious…). In this case, we touch on being the actual greatest generation (that would be Generation X), Jim Gaffigan, aging (read: turning into our fathers), and then we delve into BMW e39 5 Series ownership, exorbitant parts prices, modern car conveniences, and more!

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In episode 009 your TTS hosts lament that 40 year old cars today are not the same as 40 year old cars from our youth. Elsewhere we delve into upgrades for old BMWs (and other cars), sending parts away for rehab, and some of the esoteric cars we lust after before we kick the big bucket.

Once again, for those who like to see things (including pics of the cars we talk about!), here’s the video version.

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In episode 008 your TTS hosts share our dirty little secrets: those being the cars that we secretly want to own but don’t want to explain or justify to our car enthusiast friends. Agree with us or mock us – either way we’d love to hear about the cars you’d put on your “cars in a vacuum” list!

Notable quotable: “Volkswagens are like Lego – you can build whatever you want”

Once again, for those who like to see things (including pics of the cars we talk about!), here’s the video version.

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In this episode, Reed has found in his garage attic a copy of the Consumer Guide 1985 Cars book. Your hosts then posit what kind of company car a mid-level, well-paid executive (perhaps) could buy for 20,000 1985 dollars (which today is a hair over $60k).

Spoiler Alert: The individual option availability when ordering is astonishing compared to the package-based (read: “I don’t want half this crap”) feature sets OEMs foist on us today.

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Gather ’round, kids, for another installment of Totally That Stupid: The [Found Footage] Podcast!

In Episode 006, Jonathan and Reed talk music, both in the car and in the home. Bands mentioned include The Police, The Doors, Death from Above (aka DFA 1979), Fucked Up, Julee Cruise, and Prince, plus others. We also talk about cassette tapes and tape decks, plus vintage pedal cars and go-carts.

(This was recorded about a year ago, which was a year after Reed and Jonathan had both moved house. Hence, Julee Cruise had just passed away and the referenced Mecum auction is long-since done.)

As always, we welcome comments, feedback, opinions, debate, agreement, negotiations, or a new 6-pack of TDK D90s.

Music: “Pint Of Evil” by Alexander Nakarada

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Gather ’round, kids, for another installment of Totally That Stupid: The Podcast!

(This was recorded about a year ago. Shortly thereafter our producer abandoned us. Then we got distracted. That’s how it goes sometimes.)

In Episode 005, Reed and Jonathan take you back to the beginning, to before Reed was cognizant of Jonathan because Jonathan was yet to be born. Station wagons, sports cars, communes, Benny Goodman, engineering, garage racing, something Reed’s Dad called “racking off,” durian fruit, and hipsters from the days or yore.

As always, we welcome comments, feedback, opinions, debate, agreement, negotiations, or a nice piece of key lime pie.

Music: “Pint Of Evil” by Alexander Nakarada