Tesla Actually Releasing Strange Autonomous CyberTaxis? Major Enthusiast Car Market Changes and MORE

[@PlatinumMadLad]

that M2 gran coupe looks really good by kia standards

[@richdixon]

well...

[@SeanH1103]

Most Kias look better then most BMWs these days

[@AGlimpseInside]

Gentlemen, can someone please adjust the filling inside of Mike the robot so he stands up straight. I would very much appreciate this.

[@tgchan]

Adrian Monk, is that you?

[@AGlimpseInside]

@@tgchan nah name’s Chris

[@iFerg]

Doug you good? 17:45

[@2prize]

He was called Doug De-throater in highschool

[@dehanbadenhorst1398]

Yo, it's the codm guy, good taste in podcast my friend

[@Auto.Anorak]

Haha I love that you watch this podcast too man 😂

[@kandisbumser]

@@iFerg can take that girth

[@chartreux1532]

THIS Car Pod has become my favourite Podcast i look forward to every Week! Whoever came up with that Idea from Cars & Bids deserves a Raise. Unless it's Doug, if it's Doug, then give the Raise to Kennan and Filippo! Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@automotive.spotting3004]

So this was recorded before the Ferrari F80 unveiling?

[@omarpulido8502]

They record it 2-3 days earlier

[@andrewhurstcars]

They record batches of 4-5 videos in one day

[@I_dont_give_a_care]

What do you think?

[@karhuhtal]

15:40 Renault is actually part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance and IS NOT in fact owned by FCA/Stellantis.

[@judygillespie3717]

Small thing, kenan wondering what the most expensive BMw part ever was interesting, kind of got overlooked. Would be a really cool video to research all the most expensive parts form different automakers :)

[@chriswaters6720]

The cars and bids app is only on iOS? Really guys? Android is 47% of America's market share, and many of us would appreciate the app being available on Android as well. Please fix this and get it on android...

[@daweed980]

💯 Everybody has Google Pixels or Samsung Galaxy Android phones so they should target those technical minimum requirements (OS version, GB, RAM, CPU, etc) when developing their app.

[@williamconrad1087]

Obviously they believe iOS users are twice as wealthy as android users.

[@fasttoyo]

"it came out in 2000 before anyone even conceptualized LEDs" - i guess doug forgot about the 2000 Cadillac Deville that had full LED tail lights.

[@harinandansrikanth451]

12:26 The ZR1 is not a hybrid. It has no electric assistance.

[@sammymaestro7642]

The app is only for iPhone users, WHY

[@chartreux1532]

As a German I just want to point out that i love Kennan doing Impressions! I absolutely love his German Impression which is actually really on Point! But his Trump, Biden etc. Impressions are also phenomenal! Hope they will be Part of each Podcast! Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@RileysRocknRacinAudiDad]

I've been waiting for the App and then nothing for Android... bummer

[@BenDunlop]

POV: "Let's listen to Doug rant with a plushie while I paint my apartment this morning"

[@rickcalix]

Ay im doing exactly the same

[@fortlawrence7054]

I would have already downloaded the app if it was for android. My dissapointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

Doug and his friends are the types of guys to release an app only on iOS and share their locations with each other 24/7.

[@ShanePatsy]

The correct way to exist

[@Dragonvale105]

Are you aware of the percentage of people in the United States that have iPhones? Are you aware of the percentage of Android users that have the income spare to buy weird cars? This makes sense lol. Be glad if you ever get an Android app, Android apps are usually not profitable for services like this.

[@beaushaw]

​@@Dragonvale10542% of Americans have Android phones. You are in a cult if you think ignoring 42% of your customers is a good idea.

[@sunnyd5944]

Man is yapping ​@Dragonvale105

[@triple7marc]

I’m sure they’ll get an Android app eventually.

[@somebody9785]

Waiting to bid on Doug signed "THISSSSSS" T-Shirts 👕

[@lordwalker71]

Kennan doesn't really have a leg to stand on when giving Fillipo a hard time about buying a corvette when he keeps saying he wants a viper and numerous vipers of the generation he wants have been on cars and bids and he hasn't bought one.

[@swampfox984]

Sad that this is iOS only right now. Oh well.

[@ConeSpark]

51:35 - There was is a junkyard channel in Illinois that recently posted a video of a fraudulently imported C63 AMG wagon. Whether or not the owner knew, the import company represented it as a C 240. Owner got it registered and went on his way. Went to get it emissions tested the next year, failed, and the news made its way to the EPA. Guy was told to junk it or export it, and he chose to junk it. That title is only "good" until the authorities figure out it's not. Not like the Feds will be like "Ahhh! You got us!"

[@flair8099]

Autoparts city

[@LeGeekzPig]

17:43 why did he do that

[@spanglish04]

25:50

[@spanglish04]

50:30 🤔

[@Groolium]

ts got me dying bro LOL

[@dolfinmicro]

Doug is the throat goat!

[@mark4632]

😭😭😭😭

[@brandonpence]

Who in 2024 releases an app just for iOS first?

[@Doug-Demuro-Rewards]

Seriously?

[@mikebailey7071]

Why wouldn't you just use React native and release on both platforms?

[@thegerman3911]

Only available for IOS? Well. Guess I`m not buying a car today!

[@Austin_Wingfield]

My favorite Friday video. Thanks C&B!

[@rml4474]

&T

[@harinandansrikanth451]

14:56 It wasn’t during testing. Mark Reuss lost the C7 ZR1 pace car and went into the wall during the warmup of the 2018 Detroit Grand Prix in IndyCar.

[@williamconrad1087]

I want to own his crashed ZR1.

[@yousmoketrim135i]

As a BMW guy the 2 series gran coupe is the bane of my existence.

[@garythecyclingnerd6219]

I found a BMW Z8 tail light for $3081.61. Still absolutely absurd. I feel like I could commission LED aftermarkets and still have money left over.

[@cddog1995]

It feels like 2015 again with the iOS app only at launch then android later. Sucked then sucks now. Edit: I understand it can be simpler to develop for IOS with far fewer devices and all that compared to 200 different android phones. Love the show!

[@daweed980]

I'm blown away there's no Android app either. They should just worry about creating an app that will support the major phones in the Android ecosystem, i.e. Google Pixels and Samsung Galaxy's.

[@spillmaster1298]

20:30 it looks like a forte

[@AdamAuxier64]

Just left the Paris Auto Show. The Renault R17 Restomod. It was the coolest car there!!

[@ruk2023--]

94 in a 35 is playing Russian Roulette with fate.

[@EVANHIRSCHMANG]

Ruggs hits like 156 in a 35

[@oxii99]

@@EVANHIRSCHMANGwho’s?

[@EVANHIRSCHMANG]

@@oxii99 On November 2, 2021, Ruggs rear-ended another car at high speed in Spring Valley, outside of Las Vegas. Twenty-three year old Tina Tintor and her dog Max were burned to death in the fatal collision, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and county prosecutors.[37] Ruggs was charged with driving under the influence resulting in death and reckless driving. Police produced digital evidence shortly thereafter showing that, at approximately 3:39 a.m., driving 156 miles per hour (251 km/h), Ruggs attempted to panic-stop the Corvette as he approached the Toyota RAV4 driven by Tintor, but lost control, slamming into her at 127 miles per hour (204 km/h).[1][41][42] The Clark County Coroner determined that Tintor and her dog burned to death as her vehicle was engulfed in flames following the collision.

[@oxii99]

@@EVANHIRSCHMANG that’s crazy but who’s ruggs?

[@EVANHIRSCHMANG]

@@oxii99 Henry James Ruggs III (born January 24, 1999) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders. He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he was a member of the team that won the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship. Ruggs was selected by the Raiders in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft.

[@Jakeyythetr]

I have a 2014 C7 Z51 with the 7 speed and its a great car. Filippo is correct in that its a great price for what you get and so far in my ownership the bills have been very manageable as it mostly uses generic GM parts. In my experience the car really doesn't have the boomer image as much as its predecessors. My C7 has been more popular with people in their 30-40s than old guys mainly due to its more european exotic styling. Filippo should totally buy one.

[@epicswirl]

Hey Doug! I’m a software engineer. I love the platform. If you’d like an experienced engineer for your team I would be ecstatic to join!

[@tomconnors2429]

Mark Reuss was the GM exec who crashed a Corvette at a racing event a few years ago.

[@williamconrad1087]

We should buy his crashed corvette.

[@Tyrael112]

12:25 Woah, Kennan. Hybrid? You might want to slow down on those attributes. No hybrid Zora has been released yet.

[@dbmabe]

I love the Cadillac Cien. It was a playable car in Midnight Club 3 and I've always wished it had been a production model.

[@kylecordes]

While I am pretty skeptical of how soon the Tesla RoboTaxi will actually ship, seating 2 is sensible. Apparently over 90% of taxi trips are one or two passengers; whoever operates these things will dispatch a different car for the

[@I-0-0-I]

Yup. Rimac is doing the same thing. You got 4 people? Order 2. It’s market math.

[@sergiomessina2037]

I think Doug has grown tired of waiting for Tesla to achieve what no one else has done yet. So his dismissive, sarcastic attitude is sad to see.

[@bk_nreynolds3278]

@@sergiomessina2037it’s completely warranted considering the track record that brand holds. Everything they say SHOULD be met with skepticism

[@mclaessens1]

​@@bk_nreynolds3278 I agree, but he's being very dismissive considering EV's and self driving technology will change the automotive industry faster than most people think. For the better.

[@stran-air-jordan]

The promise of operating a fleet will never come to fruition. So if its your only car, it should have more than 2 seats. On the slim chance this actually gets made and the slimmer chance its road legal, only large companies and tesla itself will operate these at scale.

[@theycallme_nightmaster]

1:01:14 >zooms into a google search result instead of opening the 1080p image in new tab kennan is a psychopath

[@Ree_Devon24]

I love the car pod & I wish it had its own dedicated channel like autofocus is with MKBHD, but they need to do something about the sound. Because of where they're sitting there's one hell of an echo when they're talking. It's distracting

[@C.Brooks]

Listening to you guys talk cars is truly zen.❤

[@DJourney87]

that BMW looks like a Corolla. LOL

[@iiiiiiiii62._2]

19:50 the aliens made the light go out

[@bensmith7545]

Please feed Doug. He is to the point where he is eating microphones and maybach swatch samples. He is scaring me

[@johannes7059]

Really enjoyed this one, especially the part where you searched for cars for your kids. I could watch that for hours.

[@recoilman24]

iOS only. downvoting this video.

[@ynibclimG220]

Fun fact. You can add Aspark Owl as your vehicle in Tesla app in Charging -> Vehicle Details 😂 (Used to Charge your other EVs)

[@Mypenisissmallbut]

Is this official from Tesla?

[@costafilh0]

Poor kids. Dad driving a Carrera GT, and they driving an old Volvo. I'm with Kennan! The GR Corolla is probably the most responsible and fun car you can give any kid.

[@williamconrad1087]

I think that is too much power for a teen driver. How about a civic si instead?

[@costafilh0]

@@williamconrad1087 AWD is a great safety feature. The GR Yaris might be a good option, but it’s not available everywhere and it only has two doors, so it’s not that practical. I don’t think any of them have too much power. Any crappy car is enough for kids to kill themselves and others, unless you limit the car to 20 mph. And even then they can still kill someone. Some parents kill their kids by pulling the car out of the driveway and running them over because they didn’t see them. I’m not a parent, but I would focus on safety and reliability. Fun is the icing on the cake. If a kid loves to drive, they’ll drive fast anyway, no matter what car they have. If the car is actually good, it’s safer than going fast in some piece of junk.

[@deatruiy]

I for one think Kenans Joe Biden impression was great 😂

[@cloudysky1974]

Filipo is a little too scared to spend money he can clearly spend and has that is just collecting dust. Just annoying and frustrating to hear on repeat at this point

[@rikramer1]

The stupidest thing about Tesla’s vaporware fraud is that they pretended that people could buy the robotaxi for personal use. How would I get it to follow the rules of my child’s school pickup line? Or how would I pull it into a service bay to change tires? It doesn’t have a steering wheel. It’s so stupid. And insane that anyone falls for such an obvious stock pumping scam. Again and again.

[@rml4474]

Cant believe that the Aspark Owl is actually REAL!!!1!

[@Nitrousbird]

Eww, iOS only. That's fine, the site works just fine in Chrome on Android.

[@MrSpencerTreas]

Just got the app🎉

[@nitzerebbhead]

I worked for GM back when the C7 was released. I got to drive one for a week as part of the employee ambassador program. I would've never bought a Corvette prior to driving that C7 for a week. I had people walking up to me in the parking lot telling me it was such a cool car. I got to tell them it was a work vehicle and watch their face. "Wow, where do you work?"..."GM corporate". A picture circulated around the office showing a parking lot in Michigan full of press cars...waiting to be crushed. Yeah, crushed and there were like 50 of them in the lot. They crush them because they didn't have VINs and couldn't be registered.

[@costafilh0]

The M2 is UGLY AF. There's no other way to put it. It doesn't matter how good it is if you want to vomit every time you walk up to your own car.

[@Snipereye64]

Volkswagen sent me a metal key chain in the shape of a matching wheel to my car, with the build date and vin on it for my 40th anniversary gti. Super cool

[@tfr86]

Fact correction - Renault is the only mainstream French brand that is NOT owned by FCA.

[@patrickmartin3322]

The Z8 was not the only car to use neon taillights, there were several Lincolns that also used them

[@scottzhang2792]

There is a $30,000 Ish model 3. It’s called the Long range rear wheel drive. MSRP is $42,490, but if you qualify for the federal tax credit at point of sale, it’s $34,990, and what’s the percentage of having more than two people in a Lyft or an Uber? One! That’s why the cyber cab only has two seats, and they’re trying to keep cost down. The Robo van is mainly intended for public and commercial use. That’s why it has 14 to 20 seats! It’s meant for picking people up at the airport, weddings, and parties.

[@Hamsteak]

The M2 face-lift makes it look a lot better

[@dolfinmicro]

17:40 Doug is the throat GOAT!

[@michaelburgarino]

That Biden impression wasn’t bad. Let Kennan cook

[@bradleycruse2763]

Kennan with the Toto Wolff "no mikey nooo!"

[@jacksonhumphrey2293]

Another great Friday carpod

[@IR_IE_ID]

roadster never coming because there is no market for ev hypercar

[@p.informatico1320]

Roadster isn't coming because Tesla IS incapable to honor the promises they made when they announced the new model 7 years ago... There are a few electric sport Cars right now, like the Rimac Nevera, the MG Cyberster, or the Porsche Taycan.

[@LucasMeyer48]

Damn I have an android

[@TheGbelcher]

You can tell the exact moment when Tesla’s pre-Elon product pipeline ran dry. 😂

[@anton_grahn]

Oh yea all those plans they made between 2003 and 2004 before Elon joined 🤦‍♂

[@TheGbelcher]

@@anton_grahn The roadster, model S, X, and 3 were all concepts from the very beginning. Elon’s ideas were the semi and cyber truck and I imagine that taxi thing that just came out.

[@anton_grahn]

@@TheGbelcher Well you are absolutely not correct, but I can't bother arguing rn 😅

[@ericcarabetta1161]

28:26 There was a *REAL* Aspark Owl at The Quail this year.

[@moedais1]

This podcast is coming into its own and chemistry has been forming with Doug and his friends. Keep it up Doug!

[@costafilh0]

Please update the DougScore spreadsheet. Thanks!

[@fortheloveofnoise]

that mazda commercial where she says "hey dad" if you skip it right when skip becomes available, it makes it so funny

[@carlosl5766]

App needs iOS 17 or later 😢

[@chadfuri7152]

"Hello And Welcome To This, Carpod!" 0:04

[@jackacc4868]

Your opinion on General Motors is 100% correct

[@DC5Brandon]

I propose a drinking game knocking back a couple of cold ones when they say they can install automotive parts on the weekend "while knocking back a couple of cold ones"

[@XxM3TALGUMxX]

Don’t know if there are time constraints on the pod only being an hour long but some of these topics feel rushed to get through. Maybe having an off cam producer (like JRE has Jamie) to pull up topics and google references in the back ground like Kennan’s comment about the most expensive individual BMW part would be a nice addition. It would free up all 3 hosts to continue engaging in the conversation while things get searched in the background. Just a thought… then again I’m not a podcaster so idk how complex that could become or how it would alter the format.

[@braaaaaaaaaaap]

Lets see Doug with a clean beard and haircut

[@bk_goatkim679]

Keep it up love seeing Doug’s personality and the app!

[@chartreux1532]

Regarding the Corvette C8 ZR1, when they tested it in Germany it was a huge News Story here in the Car Community simply because they tested it in Germany. So kind of an Advertising Angle there, which obviously works, since Germans LOVE Corvettes. Sadly GM doesn't sell them at Dealers here officially, so if you want an EU-Spec Corvette, it still comes with a hefty Bonus on the Price Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@harinandansrikanth451]

The BMW iX makes the M2 Gran Coupe look like an Lexus LC500.

[@Morgarathable]

That M2 looks really like a facelift of a kia stinger

[@oldmandan5634]

As an owner of a 2015 Volvo v60, it would make a great first car. Honestly, for the price they're selling I think you'd be hard pressed to find another car as practical and nice as one of these.

[@tadghsmith1457]

Robo taxi’s? Musk promised full autonomous driving from San Francisco to New York “next year”. That was in 2017! Robo taxies not looking imminent…

[@p.informatico1320]

By 2017 it would be groundbreaking, but right now there are fully autonomous taxis in certain cities, so it's not groundbreaking now. Musk tries to propose a few breakthroughs every year, to maintain the illusion of Tesla beeing in the edge of the industry, when it isn't. That's the point of the remotely operated robots.

[@ICANTEWGF]

He promises it every year

[@Steve-Richter]

Elon also promised to catch the returning booster on the launch pad.

[@tadghsmith1457]

@@Steve-Richter He promised that a decade ago. He promised to be landing on the moon by 2024.

[@Steve-Richter]

@@tadghsmith1457 blame democrats. They have been harassing and delaying SpaceX the last 4 years. Sick people.

[@andrewhurstcars]

The McLaren F1 top speed was done with the rev limiter increased, so a standard F1 actually has a slightly lower top speed.

[@t3hgir]

same with Jaguar XJ220 speed test, they ran it stock around Nardo before removing the catalytic converters getting a bit more HP before the "official speed record" But I mean that's what you do in a speed test. Nothing like "oh this is the production car" and it's actually a completely modified build just made for a top speed run, or even worse you don't even have proof the car can be driven (SSC ULTIMATE AERO I HATE YOU)

[@jimbo5728]

It is relatively trivial to retrofit LEDs to those z8 tail lights, for anyone who is capable of simple fabrication.

[@anthonyw5261]

Congratulations on the app 👏 🎉🎉🎉

[@hitchedtohorsepower]

My dad got me a 97 Saab 900 convertible non turbo when I was 16 in 99. It was great because it was cool and fun but got 30 mpg and wasn't fast enough for me to get in too much trouble. I took my test and drove for a couple months in my dad's old Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro so I had to learn to drive a stick before I got my license.

[@Nunya-oj2mc]

Doug is the type of guy to absolutely startle the other hosts when doing the intro 😂😂

[@nothingtoseaheardammit]

Releasing the app on iOS only is inexcusable. This isn't 2009 anymore where you can pretend Android doesn't exist.

[@daweed980]

Exactly! Where's our Android app!?

[@connermurray4373]

Filipino, I'm disappointed. Renault is not owned by FCA. You're thinking of Peugeot and Citroen. Renault is still in the Nissan alliance.

[@vwpassat444]

any ETA for an android release?

[@laurince-t2g]

I'm with doug on the 235. I'd be taking floss out and lopping off the M and loving it in my 300hp 4 cylinder

[@JoannaHiggins-nr1ky]

This mood in here is perfect!

[@Slider68]

Are you sure the Lamborghini Countach is faster than the Plymouth Superbird and the Dodge Daytona? On a banked track, the stock Superbird regularly got to slightly above 200mph, while the Daytona managed 3 to 8 mph higher, so apparently at least 203 mph. One of the reasons the top speeds varied was because the wing is adjustable and was needed to keep the rear tires planted on the oval track at 200+ mph. I wonder what the Daytona would have been able to hit on a long straightaway with the wing adjusted for maximum top speed? I've read a few different top speeds for the Lamborghini Countach, all between 183 mph and 195.2 mph. These speeds were also hit on a long straightaway, not a slower oval race track.

[@ldmtag]

Doug should review one of those crazy Chinese luxury cars, that would be the first 50 in the daily category. I think of maybe Li Xiang L9. Btw, Doug shohld do a collaboration with Wheelsboy. Ethan is like a Chinese Doug DeMuro

[@AmosDohms]

The Z8 lights are wild. One of the selling points of the car was that BMW had 100 years worth of spare parts for them. That's a joke lol.

[@unripetoast-nu4lv]

58:35 And now they're trying to compete in Europe with a mid-size, electric luxury crossover that has panel gaps so big, they make Teslas look well built

[@pc290]

57:40 - Other than the Cadillac Cien, the Mazda Furai !

[@Ryan.G.Spalding]

Thanks for the heads-up on the app.