Alex Roy just did a very interesting cross-country drive with his mom. We talk about the present world of automated driving; Arizona vs SF, the cones, what Waymo did right, etc.
– Alex has a theory on why converting cars to EV could be a GOOD thing for driver engagement.- Why there aren’t cannonball records in Europe.
– When will AI be put to a vote?
– How did the market downturn effect the autonomous landscape?
– Should you keep an Integra Type R forever?
– The right scarf for fall.
Recorded August 29, 2023
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9 minutes in and talking about GWAR. That is why you have Alex Roy. All the topics are going to be discussed. King of digression.
typical elitist wokesters
The reflections off the dome pieces in this episode are impeccable. What a show.
Don’t talk about shit you have no fundamental understanding of, I’m specifically referring to police shootings. You are not and have never been and will never be involved in the law enforcement world. Stay in your hoity-toity world of rainbows and unicorns and thinking everyone should just get along.
Herr Roy! So excited. Been a fan since the old days.
An insult to first responders…, crazy thing to say for a guy who made his Cannonball Audi to look like a cop car
I work in general aviation maintenance and one of our biggest clients is a medical transport company with 10+ midsize jets, Bombardier Challengers mostly. Since Covid started, these guys flew more than in the prior 10+ years of operation combined, they are regularly doing around-the-world, multi-leg trips. Sometime 100+ hours per week, which is insane for a privat jet. It's about 30% seriously sick emergency patients, 30% intercontinental relocation of stable patients who need constant monitoring, 20% Organ Transplants and 20% wealthy, mobile patients who could probably take a normal plane but don't
Alex Roy is always one of my favourite returning guests.
So, if you want to avoid high crime areas you're racist?
I really wanna be supportive and watch the ads through, but you make it real hard by sticking them right before the details of this cross country ambulance cannon ball service 😅
Moving liquid fentanyl is a funny ass line.
Another great show – thanks Matt, Zack & Alex! ✅
I related some kind of way to this, my aunt passed from cancer nearly two years ago but I was the one driving her home to what I believe was her last ride.
It was a last gen Peugeot 208 diesel, probably the worst car I've driven yet and no person should have this as their final driving experience lol but… I dunno.
There's an element of the surreal to it, that I can't imagine how it must've felt to the husband riding in that ambulance with his wife who passed, my aunt was only in her 40s and doing chemo…
It must've been brutal. But it did get me thinking about this, maybe why I felt it was a bit more important and why that memory sticks out.
I can certainly see why the crew do it is what I'm saying; love the podcasts with Alex Roy
That trans continental medivac story was fascinating!!!
dang, is Matt on the Ozempic? he lookin thin!
Forget which autonomous vehicle company, but the cars were constantly being stumped by box trucks or vehicles stopped and taking up lanes in San Francisco.
I remember finally getting out of the blocked lane seeing the car stuck behind the truck unloading. After finding parking, ended up passing by and the car was still waiting.
They’ve been testing around where my mom lives in the Bay Area for a long time, and their rate of travel combined with false positive reasons to stop randomly are extremely frustrating to be stuck behind. Especially when there are two to three running in a line so it’s hard to pass safely or when they end up taking parallel lanes are trapping traffic behind them going well under the natural pace of the roadway.
The sidewalk delivery robots encountering an autonomous car are a whole other kind of chaos resulting in zero movement.
Arent these recorded days in advance? Where are the timestamps?
0:00 Intro
4:30 Guilty of plotting
7:08 Fast and Furious musical parody
12:52 Alex’s medical cannonball run
47:25 getting invited to the FBI academy
52:45 Le Go Fast
55:10 Baja 1000
56:06 Back to the FBI
1:00:48 Forever cars
1:09:00 Automomous car changes
1:32:40 EV classic car problems
1:49:22 Patreon Q&A
1:50:07 AV tech vote
1:52:00 Trade in Tesla?
1:53:03 Scarf for fall 2023
1:53:12 Next frontier of transportation records
1:55:35 Other cannonball runs
2:02:49 Wildest future predictions
2:04:50 Pajero Evo Manual price
2:06:40 What happened at Argo
2:08:39 Most stable car on highways
2:10:41 Changing trajectory of autonomous cars
2:13:15 Under $50k fizz
2:19:00 Thanks Alex!
"A lot of evidence"
Speaking of autonomous cars, I highly recommend the corny but hilarious anime from 2000 called éX-Driver. It's an interesting take on how society would deal with rogue autonomous vehicles that have failed due to system errors or software hacking. It's a good anime for car fans, involving a Europa, Stratos, Seven, WRX…probably other cars, I can't remember.
This one was much different from the Joseph Lawrence episode.
Always love when Alex is on
2:04:21 plot line for a new cannonball movie
Hmmm… blue lives matter only when it’s a racist cop? 🤨 I don’t believe that’s how it works. But okay. 🫠
The miss is Art Morrison/Roadster is not using the MK60 abs stand alone for the aftermarket restomod chassis
Am I the only who gets the feeling that Alex talks a lot while saying nothing?
At 2:06:40 for example he's asked what happened at Argo yet his answer has nothing to do with anything.
I don't even know what he was trying to say.
"When we get to the coast, shoot me into the ocean, I'm Done." Lmao
Pleasantly surprised to see the Lectric E-bikes ad.
Citroën SM/DS would be good EV swap. Quirky futuristic and engine was dog shit. Or old huge cadillacs. Floaty and heavy dynamics suited for batteries.
Easily one of my favorite podcasts you've ever put out, what a great guest
The Volkswagen Amorak is not sold in the US because of the chicken tax, utility vehicles manufactured in Europe are subject to high import taxes
1:49:37 Alex goes for the glasses that are not there
Hahah had 3 Ford probes loved them. Pos but still thought there were rad asf
Hearing Alex and Matt mispronounce Rimac must be nails on a chalkboard for Zack. I know it was for me….
Yep, I had a '93 Probe GT with that 2.5L 60-degree V6. I will always miss it. Mom still has a '93 Nissan NX2000 with the SR20DE. The NX was more fun to drive but the Probe had higher limits and more practicality. Both engines were great.
A Cannonball actually took place in Europe in the early 80s (well, I think). I was a kid back then and read the story in french car mag L'auto-journal. And it stick with me since then.
The race was from Copenhagen to Marbella. The french authorities got wind of it and the head of police agreed to let them speed through France if they cross country by night, which they did. From what I recall the winner was driving some kind of Mercedes 560 SEC. I can't remember the time he did.
The thing is I can't find that issue and never find any other article or book or anything about it.
Late 20th century Bentleys and Rolls Royce’s being converted to electric would be great.
Those engines are great but way too unreliable and way too complicated