Scotto Does a Solo Show, Answers Questions About His Projects, the Future and More
46 min
•Jan 1, 20265 months agoSummary
Scotto hosts a solo Q&A episode addressing fan comments from the first four episodes of Very Vehicular, discussing his avocado farm, past Hoonigan projects, upcoming content plans including a potential reunion show with former team members, and his philosophy on automotive content creation in the modern YouTube era.
Insights
- The period from 2008-2014 represented a significant cultural decline in automotive enthusiasm, evidenced by declining driver's license rates among young adults and reduced spending from non-endemic brands, which has since reversed
- Successful automotive content requires balancing entertainment value with authenticity; scripted entertainment (like Monster Jam) can be more engaging than traditional motorsports that take themselves too seriously
- The removal of gatekeepers through social media and YouTube has democratized brand launching and content creation, making it significantly easier to reach audiences compared to 25 years ago
- Iconic projects like Shikaka succeeded not because of the car itself but because they represented collaborative, low-stakes fun that created community and brand identity in ways that subsequent individual projects couldn't replicate
- ADHD-driven project accumulation (26 cars) reflects a broader challenge in automotive content creation where starting projects is easier than finishing them, requiring external accountability and help
Trends
Automotive culture experiencing cyclical peaks and valleys tied to mainstream cultural adoption; currently in an upswing driven by formula one popularity, fashion integration, and music video featuresLong-form podcast content gaining traction as primary content format, with audio-first consumption patterns requiring multi-platform distribution (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, RSS feeds)Shift from traditional motorsports entertainment toward narrative-driven, personality-focused content that prioritizes emotional reactions and storytelling over technical precisionReunion content and nostalgia-driven projects resonating strongly with audiences, suggesting appetite for legacy creator collaborations and behind-the-scenes storytellingYouTube algorithm favoring short-form, high-frequency content over slow-burn build series, creating tension between creator preferences for detailed progression and platform incentivesEmerging demand for 'over-40s' content consumption preferences, indicating demographic shift in automotive enthusiast audience toward older viewers seeking different pacing and depthExperiential tourism opportunities emerging around automotive content locations and events, with potential for guided tours and community engagement around filming locationsMerch and product-based revenue models becoming increasingly important for independent creators, with branded merchandise serving dual purposes of monetization and community building
Topics
Avocado farm ownership and rural property managementRotary K-truck build challenges and design compromisesHoonigan project car legacy and Shikaka's cultural impactYouTube algorithm effects on automotive content creationADHD and project management in car collectingAutomotive culture cyclical trends (2008-2014 decline, 2014+ recovery)Evo 8/9 vs Evo X driver experience comparisonEntertainment value in motorsports vs traditional racingJim Kana film series and Travis Pastrana collaborationPodcast distribution across multiple platformsPatreon membership and exclusive content strategyFast and Furious film franchise critiquePittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix racing eventFrench cleats garage organizationPotential Hoonigan reunion adventure show
Companies
Hoonigan
Former employer; extensive discussion of past projects, team dynamics, and cultural impact on automotive content crea...
Amazon
Distributor of Jim Kana film series and Jeremy Clarkson's Clarkson's Farm, referenced as successful content models
YouTube
Primary distribution platform; discussed extensively regarding algorithm effects on content strategy and automotive c...
Discovery Channel
Historical broadcaster of automotive content (Pimp My Ride era); referenced as example of peak automotive media period
Spotify
Podcast distribution platform where Very Vehicular is available alongside Apple Podcasts and RSS feeds
Apple Podcasts
Podcast distribution platform for Very Vehicular and other audio content
People
Vinnie Vinetto
Former colleague; discussed extensively regarding past projects, team dynamics, and creative decisions at Hoonigan
Ken Block
Deceased collaborator; Jim Kana film series director; extensively discussed regarding creative partnership and legacy
Travis Pastrana
Featured in Jim Kana films; discussed for his authentic emotional reactions and driving performance in recent collabo...
Jeremy Clarkson
Referenced as superior presenter; Clarkson's Farm cited as successful farm-based content model that Scotto chose not ...
Lia Block
Discussed as potential future Jim Kana participant; praised for driving skills and desire to create her own content path
Ron
Featured in first episode discussing top Hoonigan builds; part of potential reunion show planning
John Chase
Requested by audience for future podcast appearance; known for nuanced automotive discussions and shared history with...
Tony Angelo
Referenced regarding feedback on 'A Beer With' show format; suggested alternative 'Crankcase' concept
Will Roegge
Featured in early Circle Jerks content; part of original Hoonigan team dynamics
Cameron
Collaborator on Rail Car project and other Hoonigan content; referenced in running joke about rail car updates
Jeremy Robinson
Credited with popularizing 'three two one action' catchphrase that became Scotto's business name
Quotes
"motorsports has an entertainment problem"
Scotto•Monster Jam discussion
"We made jim kana because motorsports was boring. That like motorsports just seemed way too dry and it wasn't about having fun"
Scotto•Jim Kana origins discussion
"he entered the car as a driver and left as a passenger"
Audience comment about Travis Pastrana•Travis Pastrana Jim Kana discussion
"I have always been in the comments... it's important to be in community and deal with all of that"
Scotto•Opening remarks
"the farm for me is therapy and it's my getaway"
Scotto•Farm discussion
Full Transcript
What's up everybody? I hope you guys are all enjoying your holiday and here is a little extra bonus I say bonus because this week between Christmas and New Year's is kind of the no man's land for content That's why a lot of people take off but we're a new channel and you know, it's like the giving season So I figured I give you guys an extra episode, but this one's gonna be different. It's just gonna be me This is actually the kind of content that I typically make for patreon Which is one more reason that maybe you should become a patreon member This is also season one a very vehicular and for season one I saw it as eight episodes and we're halfway through so this gives us sort of like a mile marker to stop kind of enjoy it and Run through the first like almost thousand comments Actually, I think it's more than a thousand comments that you guys have left on these first couple of videos and try to answer some of them So anyway, let's get into it. It's just me and you gonna run through as many of these comments that clipped as possible I Here we go and tonight's guest is all of you who were nice enough to leave comments And I want to start before I get into this I was overwhelmed by just the amount of really just positive comments that were just general like you guys were stoked to Have this podcast for me to be back making YouTube content I know a lot of people are really stoked to just see a lot of the og hoonigan guys back together and hanging out That was really the majority was just like overwhelming support for what we're doing and I will tell you it's great to see that It's kind of the thing that makes me want to get up and keep doing it Definitely motivates me to see all that and as you guys probably know I Have always been in the comments Vinnie used to call me the chief comment officer instead of the chief creative officer Hoonigan because I was the one 98% of the time replying as Hoonigan when we were there I think it's important to be in community and deal with all of that And it's also great because I get a little bit of feedback from what's working. What's not working And sometimes spawn some good ideas from it So anyway, here is just a bunch of random comments that we pulled some of them are questions Some of them are suggestions different things and I'll start with this first one because I have heard a lot of this Ever since buying a farm so very quickly if you don't know I live in Long Beach, California And I still live in Long Beach, California. I love it here. It's the closest thing I could get to Queens, New York in LA So yeah, it works for me but I also have always wanted to have land and be far away from things and have some quiet and I Bought an avocado farm about almost three years ago now with my wife And it has been awesome. One of the main reasons I bought it to begin with was because I need a place to store all my cars But I also just wanted like something to get away I grew up in New York City and I spent the last whatever 15 so I'd some odd years my life here in Los Angeles So I've only lived in major cities We found this really cool place it's about two hours away from from where we live or really not even and We get out there as much as we can a lot of people thought I retired Which I get it like was put out to pasture But it was it was just a place that I was spending a lot of time and most of if you were seeing any content Or anything from me on Instagram It was probably me driving my Kubota tractors on the farm because it's a fun place So this question is Scottos farm show when first off I'm not Jeremy Clarkson I wish I was but he's just way funnier than me and just way more clever and a way better presenter and I absolutely love his farm show and So many of my friends are like you should make the same show and I think there's two reasons why I'm not gonna do that one I like don't want to just follow and do the same thing that he did again. You'll notice. That's not really my style I don't think I could do it better than he can so Why try And by the way, if you don't watch the Clarkson farm show on Amazon, it's fantastic You definitely should the other one is is like the farm for me is therapy and it's my getaway and It's something that just kind of enjoyed by myself That's not saying I won't make an occasional episode here and there about stuff that I do on the farm Especially some stuff like I'm very excited. I've learned how to do with tractors and I want to show that off But I don't think like an actual show is coming But yeah, maybe an episode or two the next one is rotary K truck doesn't count question mark Look, I get this so this was on every one of the episodes that I've brought in a former Hoonigan I asked them what their top three You know cars were that we ever built as a company at Hoonigan And that means not like personal projects like my Audi or Torx Dallion or or boomhouser but projects we built as a group and Everyone was throwing around, you know all these different cars in the end, you know The winning combination was like was dunk rolls and shit cars I think works like that really makes sense. There's a lot of cars that got left out And some not even mentioned and one of them was the rotary K truck and this is probably one of the coolest looking cars We ever built right we worked the time Europe built a kit like put this really sick rotary in it that Vargas had built and It was super cool Except it never really drove right. It was kind of a pain in the ass. It didn't like it didn't steer well It was hard to drift It was so loud that even just moving it around the shop was so obnoxious Like no one ever wanted to start it So I think it we kind of built this thing that felt a little bit like like a trophy like it looks really cool on the shelf It was really rad to roll out to different events It also didn't help that the transmission was put in backwards It was like opposite from the way that you would normally drive a sequential that made it difficult for people to drive I don't know it just it was one of those things that just looked better on YouTube than it then it did in real life that being said I'd build another one. I just don't think I would Put in the sequential or maybe as crazy of an engine like I think something that Just kind of did the job and wasn't so obnoxious would have been better But hey, like you know as Vinny and I always say like it was a YouTube build It worked really well for YouTube next up will this be on Spotify as well Love this podcast, but I listen way more than watch. Yeah, this is literally just me allowing this person to do some Some housekeeping. Yes, if you are watching this and thinking I also want to listen to it It is available on Spotify Apple podcast as well as pretty much any other RSS feed because it is an RSS feed So you should be able to find anywhere I listen to it on overcast. That's right. I listen to my own podcast Not really but next up scott. Oh is my ADHD spirit animal when it comes to projects. Yeah I don't know if that's a good thing I've got like a whole show that I want to do That I'm just gonna title does it run and it's basically about how my ADHD led to me owning 26 cars And how I have to change that but hey, you know, whatever you need to tell yourself next one is I reckon there should be a YouTube for Over 40s. I love the old forum day type builds where you see the slow progression The bulk build content style is definitely more for the younger fellas. This is I think in response to Like Vinny and I talking about how YouTube really sort of changed the way like we all build cars The why we build cars and the content that works and I fully agree I dream of this idea of like imagine building a car where You know every week you just make a small progress like it's like a slight bracket You know, you got this built and I mean imagine like the binky project But it actually came out more than once a year like that would be a really cool build show to follow I don't know if it would do well. I don't think like the algo supports that but man Like I would certainly watch that because I do agree that The current build shows like there's just too much happening and you don't learn enough That being said, there's other guys who do really great build stuff, but I just the reason I clipped this Comment was more the like YouTube over 40 because there's definitely I'm realizing that as I get older. There's like this different Way I want to consume content then maybe what's working today So, I don't know. Maybe we can build that. Maybe we can just make Forum build spec or like, you know build threads or that I really build it remember build threads calm. That was great Doing kind of build the red style Builds thing is it just takes forever to make them. It's like it'll take you like two years to get to get through that all and get it all done Next up, but the real question can we get a rail car update? This was probably the most common Comment across all four videos I uploaded Other than just general like hey, it's cool to see you back on YouTube Which I love because this is like an inside joke, right? If you don't get this, maybe you need to watch more old Hoonigan stuff But the joke was always at the end just as we were cutting off the camera I would jump in front and Cameron say wait wait, but first I want to talk about rail car I want to just I realize that there's probably an entire audience that has no idea what rail car is so quickly rail car is a drag car That I was working on that was a pre-war car built on a model a chassis With a Cadillac engine and I was building it Cadillac flathead and like all the parts in it are pre-19 Really like 1945 I was building it to go race in the race of gentlemen which is an event that happens a while with New Jersey and This was probably one of the things I got hazed the most about with everybody in Hoonigan because no one else understood it I loved it. It was something I really super geeked out about and Just a quick update is that I still own all of the parts to build rail car Some of them are next to a shed. Some of them are in boxes, but I do plan on finishing it I just don't know if it'll still be rail car or if I'm just gonna build like a cooled Traditional hot rod or speedster out of it Just cuz I don't know if I'm ever gonna go race it anymore But it was I it's definitely something I want to finish But I don't think anyone really cares to see it finish. I think it's just a good joke But anyway, I appreciate all of you who brought up because it's certainly a Insider nod next question is man watching the Vinnie and Ron video and now this one Which was the hurt episode Really makes me want to pursue these brand ideas. I have I literally clipped this just to be like do it do it like I get most Inspired when I read about other people's stories of making stuff and being successful I'm in like currently right now reading a bunch of books from directors and screenwriters and movie producers about you know them making their first movies or making the movies that They never thought they were gonna be able to make or that they you know, they never thought we're gonna happen And then they did happen and they became these huge successes Like yeah, if this is that moment that you get inspired to go do it like go do it go do it because This is an amazing time to be able to launch a brand because it was a lot harder to do something like that 25 years ago there's so many problems we have with social media and You know Content and just in general that I can talk about but the one great thing is is it removed a gatekeeper? And it made it very easy for you to go build something and get it out there Maybe not very easy, but a lot easier than it used to be We still have to learn like quark or something like that to make a magazine next up Need a YouTube series called Scottos dream factory where Brian actually has people help him finish his projects I think this is a bigger concept that's gonna roll into the Does it run series which is me figuring out my 26 cars and 25 I don't even remember anymore, which is part of the problem and and what to do with them all Because there's a reality that I'm not completing even if I completed one every year. I Would be like in my 60s Well, just thinking about that by the time I finished them all so I think there's a need to sell some I think there is also a need to get other people to help me I think one of the problems most of my cars don't run is because I try to do everything myself I need to get over that hurdle. So that's all coming in an upcoming show Which will probably be one of the few non-podcast things that I do on the channel You know, which is sort of an ongoing series trying to figure out what to do with with all 26 cars Speaking of that the next question is really want to see that 8-6 again So a lot of people have asked me about the 8-6 especially after I did the drifter film with Sun Kang So the drifter film with Sun Kang at the main hero car is called Lola Which is an 8-6 that transforms to just kind of two different variations in the movie and a bunch people are like, you know Hey, that's cool. You just made a movie and did a bunch of action with a Corolla 8-6 But what are you gonna do with yours for those who don't know? I bought an 8-8-6 and sort of the last few months I was working at Hoonigan and I started to swap a VR6 3.2 VR6 into that so 3.2 24 valve VR Running on ITBs the ITBs are actually behind me. These are the ITBs right here and Obviously they're not on the car. So the car is not running yet But I am working on getting that done though Goals to have that finished by the time the drifter movie comes out in theaters So I can actually drive my 8-6 to watch the movie I worked on in the theater like that's a good goal It's a good that get deadline for me to go do it I don't know if it's still gonna be a Jim Conakar Hoonigan is still doing the Jim Conak grid series So maybe I'll go do that, but I don't know. I need to finish that car I did I lost interest in it, but like engine is built on it It needs wiring it needs me to finish up a few Fabrication pieces, but like it's actually I don't want to say it's not that far away, but it's closer than then maybe it No, it's it's pretty far away. Anyway, I'm gonna try to get that one done by summer. Don't hold me to it So next up. Oh this so this was actually this is one of many people who brought this up I think a lot of people were a little taken back when I said that there was like there was an error when like cars weren't cool and A lot of people don't seem to remember that this one basically said was there really a period when being into cars wasn't considered cool Ouch, I'm a bigger nerd than I even knew yeah for me Look cars. I think go in and out. There's always like these peak moments 1950s peak moment, right hot rotting the greasers like Cars were super cool the drive-in movie theater. They may be the most peak Moment we ever had in automotive culture. I think we're in a new peak right now I've said that on multiple pods it's just everything from the love of formula one to seeing it in fashion to You know seeing it in music videos like it's kind of everywhere and the last peak I remember was the hip-hop era Pit my ride, you know overhauling right like this was just massive and basically Discovery Channel gave up Discovering anything and just was talking about cars right and that's like how crazy was Barry Jackson all of that was really going through the roof But then there's that period in between because when I talk about pit my ride and all those shows you're talking 2004 by like 2008 especially when the recession hit everything slowed down really hard and Was that way until maybe around? 2014 2015 like when we launched to and again There were people asking us why we would launch a car brand Because it felt like kids didn't care about cars anymore and there were stats to back that up because young adults You know ages 17 to 20 were no longer getting their driver's license by like a massive decline I forget what the percentage was but it was you know It's like 30% less than you know We had seen five years earlier like the kids just didn't think it was worth getting growing up and getting a car and driving a car It just wasn't a thing Obviously, I still thought that the culture was there But it just we still started a brand and during those those moments But and we saw you know and I'll say too we saw an audience in video games We saw an audience like starting to watch YouTube obviously like the early Jim Connors We knew there was an audience there, but I think they were no longer Something that the previous automotive culture could reach they weren't watching the Discovery Channel shows They weren't showing up to the barrage acts and auctions They weren't walking into a dealership and buying new cars, but like they were still somewhat there But in general just didn't seem as cool the Prius was the most Driven car out of cool people in California. It was kind of a gross time like I remember Friends who were selling their sports cars who like weren't really car guys They were like car adjacent because they were driving Priuses and like putting flat blacking Priuses and putting them on wheels Like it was not it was not a peak moment and it felt like everything was sort of going that way and Then it turned around all because we started in again. No, I just I joke but There definitely was this like massive shift that we started to see I think around like 2014 to 2016 And then it really just kind of I think ramped back up and like it was back in but that's like I think standard ebb and flow with stuff kind of goes in and out and I'll tell you the number one way to see that is You could just look at people spending money in automotive who aren't like endemic automotive brands Like you watch that money just disappear for a while and then all of a sudden it comes back like whenever clothing companies are doing stuff in automotive or Beverage companies are doing stuff in automotive like whatever it might be like when that starts to dry up It's because it's sort of out of cool for the moment. So I don't know a bunch of people debated me on this I Lived it on the business end and the business end is where you feel it the most because that's when magazines die It's when people lose their jobs. It's when the industry has a lull When products aren't selling You know, you can see the financial impact of like when it's not as cool and then when it's super cool There, you know, the whole thing explodes and gets bigger the next question we have here is I do like the Mitsubishi Evo X fight me You know, I kind of felt bad for this We were talking in the first episode with Vinnie and Ron about how like the Evo 8 and the Evo 9 where this was like this Fantastic car and then it kind of ended and then the Evo X came out And this was actually said because I was talking about buying a crashed Evo X to make into a camera car So I thought it would be the perfect camera car. I think a lot of people took I don't know Agreevance with this one And what we were saying was the Evo 8 and the 8 and the 9 were such fantastic cars and the Evo X or the Evo 10 was a step down from that Uh, I stand by that like the Evo 9 is a better car than the 10 as a driver's car You know, I think the Evo 10 is a great car if you needed to be more than a fantastic car to wheel Otherwise the 8 and the 9 are the winner like it's just so much more raw. They it just works better Yeah, but that being said like I actually don't agree with Vin and Ron like I think for them the X is Is like or the 10 whatever you want to call it is out of consideration I I it's the long one. I I still think they're great. Um, I it's I would actually argue that it's the end of the driver's error cars, but you know, hey It's Vinnie's brand. So I guess, you know, he gets to make up the rules, but whatever. Okay. Next one is monster jam Is like the automotive equivalent of wwe I don't know if that's like, I don't know if you're saying a bad thing there I mean, I remember watching like Monday Night Raw. I wouldn't ever say I was a big wrestling fan But like man, it was really enjoyable Um, as I said, which I think should be a quote from me is like motorsports has an entertainment problem I'm happy to own that quote. Uh, wwe does not like they literally have entertainment in the name. They're very good at that I think monster jam is really good at entertainment. Obviously Their entertainment is really aimed at probably an eight or 10 year old kid. Um, having brought my child to monster jam Like that's who they're going after But I but if you watch supercross, which is another felled property like they're really good at entertaining Like they have the fireworks the light show like just really cool setup and you know, it's all just done very well I think the rest of motorsports needs more Of an entertainment lens when it comes to telling stories and just thinking about it that way I I will always say this but like man motorsports like you take yourself way too seriously It's the reason we started the jim kana film if you go and listen to any Early interview with ken he will straight up tell you we Made jim kana because motorsports was boring That like motorsports just seemed way too dry and it wasn't about having fun And uh, I think there's a lot of series out there that are still doing that. I think there are new series out there that are Still striving to be accepted by the old hat traditional thing that isn't working So even though they have the opportunity to be new and cool like they're too worried about like being old and traditional Um, I don't think monster jam cares about what anyone in motorsports thinks about them And that's the kind of what makes it entertaining Is the actual like race events in monster jam real? No, they're completely scripted. I don't think that really matters I think like that's the missing the point piece, but I think we could learn a lot from Looking at that and saying how can we make this more entertaining? How can we make more entry points for like normal people? So yeah, I don't know if you meant that as a diss if you meant that as like, yeah Monster jams the wwe because wwe's sick and people love wrestling then yeah, I agree with you if not Like I don't know tell me what motorsports doing it right right now and I will blow holes in it Next favorite build is easily Lord frightening You know, I love this build. I'm so happy we got to make it for those who don't remember this We built um like a fast and furious homage This is the kind of a build that came out of me being on marketplace at night. I had found a short um short bed flareside f150 similar to The was at the racers edge Delivery parts truck in fast and furious one the paul walker drives, but the question was was like, what would their character build? At the end of the movie right so like here now he's gotten to experience a 2j like what would that be? So that was the whole idea like let's put a toyota straight six in it Um, I actually don't remember if it was a 1j or 2j I think in the end it might have actually been a 1j or maybe a 1.5j, but that doesn't matter It was like let's make this no longer forward powered Let's not actually start with a real lightning and we didn't want to call it a lightning because it wasn't So it got the name lord frightening which like to me is actually one of my favorite names So we've ever named a car like I would say there's shit car and char cart and I loved rolls race because it was um Slap coupon sleep coupon was a fantastic name Um, but lord frightening was a great name and you know I think the only reason that this vehicle didn't make it into anyone's list is While we built a really cool engine for it. We never sorted out the suspension So the suspension couldn't actually hold the power So there's like a ton of like axle wrap whenever you tried to get on it So it was fun to drive in a straight line, but it really wasn't that much fun to throw around But it's actually it's well, it may not be in my top three. Like it's definitely in a top Eight I think top 10 is like too broad and probably not top five So but yeah lord frightening was was fantastic. I wish that was that's one of the vehicles. I wish we had Finished through and built better, but it was still badass looking. It looked really good For we headed on te's too. Yeah, it was a good one next question. Hoonigan inspired top gear adventures Where the fuck do I pay? Look, we always wanted to make this style adventure show I think we touched on it with some things carcane abroad had elements of it scum the misadventures of scumbug were there, but It's become very clear to me in the past couple of weeks as since we released the first episode that there is a real Want to see everybody back together and to go do something. So I have definitely started working on Some sort of plan like what it is. I'm not really sure about when we can make it all happen But I have spoken to all the boys everybody's down to kind of go do a reunion show Where it lives how we put it together. I don't know you actually bring up an interesting thing of like, where do I pay for it? I don't know if it's something that like lives on youtube or maybe it's something that we could put like on a simple Like streaming that's like easy for everyone to go get to not where you have to go download something Maybe you could just like buy it for a buck or something I don't know we have to figure that out because obviously these things don't come free Someone's got to pay for it and it's got to be worth everybody's time Um, it used to be a lot easier when everyone was on salary to go do this versus saying Hey, we all have to give up a week to get this done. But everybody I think wants to do it timing feels right It's definitely going to be a road trip. It's definitely going to involve ship boxes And it's definitely going to be something that midway through everyone's going to wish they didn't agree to So, uh, yeah, keep an eye out for it. My guess is we'll probably try to do it in the summer We'll probably talk a lot about as it comes together, um, especially on patreon and things like that. So let's see Uh, this one says I remember the first video of the Hoonigan channel I watched was when you guys got shikar and I started binge watching for like five weeks and never missed an episode Yeah, like, you know, I I I actually cut this one out because you know, it's interesting We talked about shikar the other day and I was thinking like I don't know if we actually Think about how like we've really talked as a group of like how important shikar was Not just because of the car it was but it was this thing that like brought us all together and like taught us how to make content around dumb shit And I think this is something that like we all began to miss and If you listen to the previous episodes, I think you're gonna get a kernel of of this from everybody But there was like something really special about shikar and we were never able to recreate it because We all had our own cars after that. We all got our own stuff to build and you know, I've mentioned that before but You know, this was this Moment where all of us got to Sort of have fun working on something Ripping around shredding something. There was like no care in it. We didn't care if you crashed it, right? um, which was this super rad sort of element to it and When it was happening, I knew we needed a project car like that was something in my head was like we need if we're gonna make this Channel work we need to get like a really cheap and approachable project car and we got that and um I don't think any of us knew how successful it was going to be and how much people were gonna connect with it And how much like a brand identity it created until it was happening But then I don't think it was until much later until it was over and you know, that We're like man, this thing was so important to something we built But it was also this like weird memory of a time that like didn't exist anymore And it was without question this Thing that like we just realized was uncreatable Like we could we couldn't go do it again Like we tried to do other low buck builds and like that thing just held a certain space So like I get it man. It's uh, it may be the thing that brought you to hoonigan But it also was a thing that I think made hoonigan for us like work Like it was it was really exciting times with that car, which is weird because whoever thought at 350 car Would be that thing this question. Where is the quantum synchro wagon content? I just want to call that out because people like vinnie don't believe that people want to see quantum Synchro wagon stuff. So there's at least one person. That's it. It'll be coming soon. Maybe not but maybe This was an interesting one. I have a great idea Go get something oldest fuck and weird and build a vintage race car and come to the Pittsburgh vintage grand prix The pvgp is one of the only if not the only publicly interval race on city streets in the country I raced in a hill climb they did last year in my miata and have been going most years for the past 20 It's a fucking great event So the reason I called this out is because I looked into this when I was at zero to 60 And put it on a list of things we had to do and then I completely forgot about it And it made me think you know what I think this would actually be a great event to go to so like Yeah, I would love to do this. I forgot that this even existed. I forgot that I had wanted to race it previously That's a great idea. I may actually I may actually do that this year or next year scott. Oh, please for the love of god Do an f6 hundo build on your channel? I've been waiting for that thing since you first opted in a video. No bullshit Also, where's the mexican? F well, it's actually a 150 that thing was just cool. Yeah, so good news and bad news The good news is I do plan on building the f600 The bad news is is I think I have to sell the b150 to fund it You know can't have everything in life, but uh, I do really want to build the f600 So it should be coming the next jomkana. Surely it's got to be lia block in the unicorn I agree with you. I definitely think it would be cool to see lia block in the next jomkana That being said, I don't think it'll be in the unicorn Um, I have talked to her about this and I think she would she wants to do something different I think it's super important for her to pave her own path and kind of do it her way Which means probably doing it in a new vehicle or something of like her own imagination Instead of doing something that you know has already been done before Um that being said man, it would be really cool at some point to see the unicorn rip like that again I got to watch her tear it up at the seamah fest. Uh, that was done in 23 and uh, man She ripped like I was really impressed by her driving considering she had never really wheeled that thing in that type of manner Sure, she drove it straight and smoked a ton of people but you know sliding it the way she did I mean actually she was out there with travis pastrana and I think she showed up travis at that event So it would be really cool to see it in the unicorn, but I don't think you'll be seeing that next I think I think if you see something from lia in a jomkana fashion, it will be Something of her of her own design next question or next comment. We need john chase. I totally agree I'm going to try to put john in for the next season john is Super fun super great to dig into Um, I think john is one of those shows where I have to really do my homework and get a bunch of really good questions going with John because otherwise john and I will just ramble about Absolute nuance, uh, but I love john chase. He actually came to my house during the summer And I hadn't seen him in almost two years and we had just like the best night hanging out It was just me and him and it was it was like one of those like it was like soul food This was really really nice to have john back in my life So 100 bring john chase out when it would be great because john and I can actually talk about stuff that never made it onto youtube Which is like the power tour days Which is stuff that we never made content about. Um, I have a bunch of footage from it But we never actually made anything about it. Okay next just want to add circle jerks was some of the best couple videos I would have taken 20 less of this or that episodes for a couple more circle jerks and circle jerk rule book episodes I only bring this up because Circle jerks was the lowest performing thing we ever did I think it's because whenever we type the word circle jerk into a title or a description We immediately got flagged by the algorithm for obvious reasons and it just never delivered But there's actually a bigger story behind circle jerks, which is there was a song That circle jerks the punk band Made um called wild in the streets and we used it for so much stuff in early hoonigan days That we actually discussed like maybe we should just buy a license from them to be able to use it whenever Like if there was like if we had ever done a tv show Um like a like a jackass show like that I think would have been our theme song Like that was just like we loved that song and I i'm old punk rock kid like absolutely love circle jerks So when we were making when we came up with this idea of like hey, we want to make youtube content We saw it very different than what we ended up making later on at first We saw it as like this actually when we first set out to make youtube content We were kind of actually making what you would now call shorts or reels We were making this like quick short form under three minute type of stuff and the first concept that we ever had was circle jerks, which if you never saw it It's definitely worth going back and watch, but will roge was in the first one I think I forget who he competed against. Yeah, I don't know. It was either gorilla. I forget now, but anyway Um, it was either chris. Yeah, maybe whatever. It doesn't matter But the whole idea of the game was that you had a basically drift in a circle and you had to hit a bunch of like proximity like Points right like there was just cones and you had to knock each one of them down and you got like a Arbitrary number of points like the game didn't really matter. It was just kind of fun And we just I think enjoyed making a show called circle jerks. Yeah, that was like a great Fun early no rules era of hoonigan that like I I really miss that was that was a good time And it's that that name That band just has so much history for me in a way I think a lot of other people don't even realize for for hoonigan next one Maybe if scotta was doing the fast and furious films, they could get back to when they were good Yeah, sure. That sounds great. Go uh go tell the boys. Um, I'd love to jump in. I'll be very honest I think I can make a really really great fast and furious with a really really great action series I don't know if it would be as successful as the current movies like the current movies They've jumped the shark, but like man, do they pull in a A mainstream blockbuster Audience so I would love to get this option in my opinion I think the fast and furious films are sort of like Beyond the pale at this moment. I think instead it's like, hey, what's the next set of fast and furious? Like what's the new fast and furious film that's not called fast and furious? Like I would really hope that my name gets attached to that someday. So but anyway, thanks for the uh, the support on that one I would be great Next one. Mr. Scott. Oh, can I make a suggestion? Can we get a series of published maps or at least google custom maps? Of all the locations of filming. I'm a big google earth nerd and I'd love to visit those places In a 3d map environment, but also for the public just to see how wild the world tour since jimkana 1 has been This is a great idea. Um, we actually talked about this idea of like jimkana tourism I did a piece for hoonigan shortly after ken passed where I went up to san francisco and sort of rewalked all these locations Uh, you know and just sort of kind of had this like tripped out memory lane. I'll admit man It was it was kind of tough to do at the time But we walked through it all and you know and talked about how we put it all together It was actually quite it was it was quite enjoyable to do all maybe being tough at the same time That's actually a cool idea. Unfortunately. That's not like really my calling one something. Maybe maybe hoonigan could do Um, it would take a lot of work to put all of that together But like that could certainly be like a rad thing. I think that there's like A real I don't want to say business because it's not about a money thing But I think there could be like a really fun thing in doing jimkana tours Um, like to go and walk it like I've jokingly have said like always just get a shuttle bus And just offer it like, you know once a year like you do it on like four three day and it's like hey four three day We're doing a tour of shamrock texas like come meet us and we'll bring you through all the spots and all the people who were involved Who you know are available can can talk you through all the pieces like I think that would actually be a lot of fun But for you google earth nerds, um, which by the way is like such a weird interesting world Google earth is something that Didn't really come about until we were already making or at least on the level it's at making jimkanas And in the early days it wasn't something I used at all and now I do Like 90 of my pre-scout is google earth every location almost every location in Australia I saw on google earth before I saw it in person Like that's how I kind of that's really how I build out like my request list of like what we're going to go see So and it's great how good it is now so Getting to see all of scottos french cleats in the background from the coven home build series Uh is the ultimate bracket brian build and honestly one of the best improvements I have made in my home workshop I love the french cleats. I kind of want to do something behind me here This was during a period of time where I definitely enjoyed working on my garage more than I enjoyed working on my cars Unfortunately as you'll see like my cars. I never really finished it, but they work pretty great Yeah, french cleats. I think I may still have a french cleat highlight reel on my instagram. You can go watch but uh, I french cleats are the best I Yeah, I need to get back to work on those. Anyway, I really just clipped this one because man I kind of forgot about coven home builds. I forgot that a lot of you are already familiar with this garage because What was the home renters? What was the name of the show that we did because we had no other choice Uh bring back a beer with man, you know that show was a lot of work to make I didn't realize then like it was actually quite successful because I didn't realize at that time that like long form talk shows Didn't do the same kind of numbers that that you know other shows did but man that show took a ton Um, I don't really drink that much anymore, but I would certainly uh, I would certainly break that edge to uh, you know Do a do a case of beer with some people on a pod in the future. I think that could be fun Tony angelo actually said to me at one point He's like I don't really like a beer with because it sucks to drink alone Because if you remember that show it was interview But you only saw the person who was being interviewed speak and they were always by themselves You never saw the people off camera and when I did the one with Tony Tony is like if I'm gonna drink You're gonna drink and I was like, oh that's like a different show and we joked that making a show called crankcase All right, and the idea is is that every episode we would all crank through a case of beer So like three people sit around the table you put a case of beer out and you don't the podcast or the show doesn't end until you finish the case of beer so like that could be a good one again I'm in like my mid 40s. I don't do well with hangovers anymore But maybe we can do like one special of that that that also sounds like a patreon special So if I'm gonna have a hangover for three days like someone's gotta pay for it Okay, next uh hold up. Where can we get the merch the three two one action action merch? You know, I've made a bunch of that just to give out to people who work on the Jim Conner films For me, I don't even really know what three two one action action is yet I say that because like I needed a company because I needed a company to do everything under I have a lot of other brand ideas a lot of other things I'm going to create that are gonna live way more in the merch space and that kind of product space But I don't know if enough people want three two one action action stuff say below I'll get a bunch of stuff made and we can put it out there I I had a limited number of stuff like I think like 15 items that I Released and sold to people on the patreon again another reason to be a member But I wasn't really sure if I was going to do another run of it or if I was just going to keep it Stuff for like staff and crew That work on on film sets. Yeah, I don't know like I said, I'm still kind of figuring out exactly what three two one is I needed a business to run my business under that seemed like a great name Obviously if you don't know the reference it's because I would always call three two one action action for all the jimkana films And I kind of became this thing that got connected to me very heavily because of the amazon jimkana File series. Yeah, and everyone says three two one action I just add an extra action and it has to do with timing and the ability For ken to hear it in the car. So it was more of a confirmation thing and it just kind of stuck My buddy jeremy robinson says it so it was just I don't know it became this thing and at the time when I was like I need a name for a company that was it originally and it may still be three two one action action Was going to be the book that I had planned to write about my time with ken block and this was While he was still alive and it was supposed to be it was going the full name was going to be three two one action action My life in times on the ken block show Because it very much felt like we were living in ken's movie Right, so that was especially the the jimkana stuff and the early team stuff So that's where the name originally came from and it came then so anyway, yeah, maybe I'll make merch again If you want some Comment below. All right, and this one which is the Yeah, this is the last the last comment we've got clipped Um, which is perfect timing because I will originally told myself this thing should be about 45 minutes It says one of my favorite things about this jimkana was the in-car shots travis looked terrified the entire time yeah, um I don't know. It's something that I never thought about in the previous films ken had this very sort of stoic race car race car driver face in the films and in the first film we did with travis he looked Uh terrified, right? I I always one of my favorite comments was he entered the car as a driver and left as a passenger You know, he looked terrified and I we enjoyed it and we thought it was funny. So we included it and I I was really amazed how many of the comments and the feedback was like whole like there was so much about travis's response And I think at first it was because It was so different from what people had expected from ken and then in the second film we did with travis in florida He didn't actually have as much facial emotion and I think it's because he felt more confident in the car He everything was a little more under control and this last one I think it was actually a mix of like terrified and also just looking really happy and uh, yeah, I I kind of love it and it was something that we really leaned into Um in the edit meaning like we any time that travis was really naturally excited like we didn't tell him We didn't script for him to act that way. We didn't realize he was Actually doing a lot of what he was doing, you know, including shouting and like throwing his hands up in his in the air Doing no-handed, you know jumps and all that like we didn't know any of that was happening until we watched the footage afterwards I it just brought this like whole different personal like I don't know It's hard for me to explain but like it brought like an emotion to something that normally doesn't have an emotion And uh, I think it's great. I like for me I think it'd be really weird to like film another gym comma and have someone not make facial expressions Like it really added to it. So anyway guys, uh, again, this was that added bonus And don't forget next wednesday at 7 a.m. Which is our schedule time We have another episode with a very special guest It's gonna be good and then we've got four more episodes uh to wrap out this season and then we go right into another season There's not even like a week down we make seasons because I like calling things my seasons doesn't really even matter to you guys It's just an easy way for us to organize stuff and again Thanks as always for you guys supporting this sharing it all of that stuff big special Thanks to our partners viper industrial toio tires heat wave and of course fcp euro who helps keep all my cars running Thanks again guys for having faith in us for making a cool show So for next season we have a couple new ideas coming that i'm really excited to share Unfortunately, I can never just do one thing. I always have to do multiple things and complicate it I hope you don't mind because this isn't going to stop. It's just the way I am for you guys asking about what else is coming on the channel I'm actually working on a nice succinct. I don't know 10 minute episode to explain all the things I'm going to do But I'll give it to you real quickly. It's mostly going to be podcasts But I'm also going to do some content on my builds and then I'm also going to do some more In-depth storytelling about things that I really care about and then I'm just going to like enjoy making films and all in all of that I don't think there's going to be any standard here other than podcasts like that You can always depend on and if you're just listening to this on audio all that other stuff You'll have to tune into youtube before so anyway guys. Thanks again Check out the patreon if you want more shows like this because this is the kind of stuff you get there weekly Thank you very much and see you later哎