Episode 7: Risky CIS-ness [With Guest Kevin McCauley]
Hello! In this episode we invite our old friend, author, and fellow podcaster Kevin McCauley! We catch up a bit on what we've all been up to in the past five years since the girls left Texas, and offer a lengthy digression about what Porsche calls their early fuel injection systems. (Hint: It's CIS.) Then we dive into a discussion of what Porsche Influencer Magnus Walker is up to on the heels of his newest Sotheby's hypebeast starter kit auction.
Check out Kevin's absolutely incredible book, Waiting For The Sun To Come Down at Carrera Media! And if you want more Kevin you can listen to him (biannually) on New For '96! He also has a fantastic YouTube channel for automotive photographers called Capturing The Machine!
Referenced Stories:
Listen to Be Gay, Solve Crimes [and give them money also on Patreon]
The video Kevin and I made together on the roof of the parking garage in Houston on his YT channel
The Iraqi Burn Pit scandal @The VA
The LC500 video Kevin and I made together in Galveston (also on his YT channel)
The Nine Foot Tall Energia-Buran Model That Kevin Referenced That Blew Up Victoria's Entire Life [more photos on Flickr]
The story Victoria mentioned being a specific press trip she would not name @This Patreon
The story Victoria mentioned about rally cars in Vermont that no one read @Motor1
Kevin's "Intercontinental Ballistic Missile" Porsche 911 flight/road trip @Autoweek
Ferdinand Porsche's Elefant Tank Destroyer
Victoria's photos from Modern Aircooled in Houston @Flickr
Victoria's review of Kevin's 911 @The Drive
[I will probably finish updating these notes sometime tomorrow, 3/12! - Victoria]
Our intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!
Comments (15)
FWIW the SAABARU is the 9-2x. It's older than the 9-4 by a solid chunk. The 9-4X was a Saab Cadillac SRX.
As an autobody tech of 15 years, I fail to see how watching a guy glue a towhook to a Porsche bumper is so amazing
Wait, Cessna? I thought you were talking about the Beechcraft Bonanza.
If you ever do a video game episode, I need you to come into it with the understanding that car licensing killed the mid budget racing game.
Weird Saab mentioned!
I love that the Buran Model is displayed by Victoria WITH A CAR on the launch platform 😁
Ok hear me out: take your giant model of the Buran, build it onto the chassis of a reliant robin. Drive the most bananas vehicle in Seattle.
I know Pelican 'cause they sell the Mahle oil filters I use on my bug...
"Kiss From a Rose" is the Seal song you're thinking of
“The German factory where they build 9/11s” 23:24
its strange to hear they allow american drivers on european roads without yhat much stuff when like. doesnt america have kinda different signage and like kinda different traffic signals ? like i know in parts of america atleast you cannot have a situation where an intersection has both traffic lights and a set of signs that contradict them wheras in poland this is normal becaude youre supposed to just ignore those signs unless the lights are off or broken. But an american driver id imagine get real confused by that
Jesus Christ woman. I like space stuff but holey moley.
If my partner brought a museum-quality Buran model home, I'd stay with her forever 💜. UN-fortunately I'm the partner that would be abandoned. Because I'd be the partner who'd bring home a museum quality model of any number of things 😇
Please say you talk about the movie Risky Business in this. It's one of my absolute favorites.
🎼Just take those old Matchboxes off the shelf...