Shadowing Practice: I Bought A 40 Year Old Firetruck - Learn English Speaking with Video

Guys, as you know, I'm all about safety.

And the thing is, I started thinking about it.

I'm like, you know what?

We need something around here to up our safety ratings.

And I was scrolling through an auction site and I found this bad boy.

That's right.

I bought a 50,000 pound fire truck.

Only gave five grand for this bad boy.

And the thing is, right?

We do know that it runs.

We do know that it drives, but we don't know if the water cannons work.

We don't know if any of the other stuff works on it.

I'll tell you this though.

All you gotta do is figure out how to put water in it.

And we're fighting fires.

We're going to the fire station?

Yeah, we're going to go to the fire station so they'll fill it up for us.

Do you know how to fill it up?

Yeah.

We bought this from an airport down in the Gulf of Mexico.

I guess the Gulf of America now.

We went down there, hauled it home, and the guy told us absolutely nothing about it except for they put new batteries in it, and they're like, it's ready to go.

You know, they say the road's good.

Yeah, it does.

Except for the fuel you can put in.

Well, it's a fire truck.

If we catch this fire, we can put it out.

All right, let's go ask them to fill it up in the water.

Hey, can I bother you guys for something?

My fire truck's empty.

Wondering if you guys could fill it up.

Oh my god.

Oh, don't get jealous now.

Aw, hell, I want one of those.

Imagine how many times you're not gonna have to come to my property and put out fires now.

Thank you for doing that.

Oh.

Can we fill that up somewhere?

Probably gonna have to go downtown and get a meter.

And then you're probably gonna have to go to the water plant to pick the meter up.

Sounds like a lot of steps.

I was just thinking if you guys had a wrench.

Actually, could you all show us how to use it?

Dude, I like how much they all like it.

They look like they're having fun in there.

Dude, we should go steal one of theirs.

Guess we gotta go someplace else.

The problem is when you got the camera on, can't really do sketchy things.

Don't worry about what's gonna happen as soon as the camera turns off.

Just know right now the fire truck has no water in it

and later the fire truck is gonna have water in it.

Like right.

Guys, it's currently all the way full of water.

We got about 2,000 gallons of water on board, which means this thing is absolutely ready to put out some fires.

Oh no!

Don't touch the horn anymore.

I got excited, I'm sorry.

I don't know how to read that gauge.

Does that gauge seem full to you?

Yeah, I think that's the good to go message.

Good to go.

It's giving me Morse code.

It says, I'm so full of fuel right now.

So what we're gonna do is we're gonna drive this thing all the way to the ranch.

Now the ranch in a normal truck is about 30 minutes.

And this thing, I have a feeling it might be a bit longer.

This right here, this is for your up top water cannon, right?

So you hit that button right there and it will blow water as far as you want to blow water.

And this thing has two water cannons on the front of it.

I'd be so terrified if I was other people on the road right now.

I'm terrified that I'm in here.

Oh, we have to turn that light off.

It's a felony if we don't turn it off.

Alright, I'll pull over and figure it out.

I thought everybody was lying about the blinky light actually being blinky.

The blinky light is blinking.

Still on.

Still going.

Well guys, good news is, we've made it about 10 miles into our journey to the range.

The fire truck is working, if anything, too good.

I've flipped every switch, and I mean every switch inside of the truck, and it won't turn off.

I've got an idea.

This is the best idea I have.

It's even stretching over it.

Oh, God.

Don't worry, I put new socks on this one.

It smells like s*.

What?

Yeah, look at that.

Yeah.

If we go to jail, I'll only have one sock, but whatever.

Alright, guys.

Felony avoided.

I feel like that's pretty ingenious.

Yeah, good idea.

I don't want to alarm any of y'all, but we're only six miles away from the ranch now.

She's gonna make it!

Hold on, this might get bumpy.

Woohoo!

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Oh, f!

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I've driven down this in a regular truck, and I can't tell if this is better or worse.

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I think it might be better.

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Oh, f*, maybe not.

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I don't think it's ever gonna translate on camera!

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I'm a big man, and my ass just left the seat.

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Made it, baby!

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Here we go.

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Wanna see how far this goes?

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Ready?

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This is a fantastic water truck!

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Water truck is like way more expensive than what he spent on

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that and we were needing a water truck to do some of the ground work around here at Horsepower Ranch.

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We've actually found something really useful accidentally that we could use this truck for.

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Are you You having fun with your big water truck?

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See guys, you might be wondering why we need a fire truck, right?

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Well the thing is, imagine we're standing here at the ranch and then for no reason whatsoever, a car burst into flames.

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Oh sh!

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See, that is dangerous, right?

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You gotta watch out for that.

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What would you do if you didn't have a fire truck?

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But don't worry, Champlin Fire Department is here to save the day.

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Don't worry, I'm coming to the rescue!

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It won't start.

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Oh, that's really on fire now.

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Start.

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Please start.

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Uh, Weston, that's looking kinda bad.

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I get it!

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I get it!

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Hold on!

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Hold on!

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Give me one second!

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Ooh, parking brake.

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Yes!

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Champlin Fire Department's on the job!

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Some stuff's happening.

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Here we come, boys!

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Oh, stop!

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Stop!

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Okay, maybe I hit that one a little too hard.

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Hold on.

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All right, let's hit him with the double.

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and yeah there we go

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yeah a Kimbo style double water jet yeah and guys just like

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that champ when fire department has got the fire out in no time I hit the brakes

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and the brakes This did not work very well.

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Damn, I did good.

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See how fast I responded?

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I seen that you ran into the car before you were supposed to save.

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No, I was responding fast.

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That's what happened.

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At that point, did you realize, man, I might have f*ed up?

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Yeah.

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I see more fire there.

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Don't worry, Champlin Fire Department's on the scene.

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And guys, just like that, you can put out a car fire.

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And don't worry, here at the Horsepower Ranch, if we have a car fire, we're safe because we got this bad boy.

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This thing was $5,000.

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And for five grand, I can launch water 200 feet into there and put out car fires.

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How could you turn that down?

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Now, the problem is I need about a 10 times bigger tank because it has 2,000 gallons of water.

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And I just went through 2,000 gallons of water to put that car out.

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But besides that, we did good.

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Let's get back to the episode.

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So guys, here's the thing.

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We've got to the ranch here, right?

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And we've got our fire truck here.

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Now, ignore the knocking noises coming from the back of it.

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That just started, and we're not sure why.

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But the good news is she blows water, and I've got the perfect way to test out the water cannons.

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What happens if one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine barrels were stacked up and on fire together, right?

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Could we put them out?

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Well, there's only one way to find out.

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I noticed you also have two of these.

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Do you want to have a competition to see who can knock over their pile the fastest?

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Yeah.

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You wanna go first?

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I don't even know how it works again, but sure.

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Yeah, yeah, you'll go get in there You got it.

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All right, okay.

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You see that switch right there down there.

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It says water What dude there's like literally 500 buttons in here right there in front of you

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500 agent selector valve water or foam push it towards water what next it didn't kick in

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All right wrap it up a little bit maybe Hmm I think I wrapped it down yeah By the way,

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another problem with Weston's fire truck, we have brand new batteries in it, but it will not stay charged.

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You have to jump it.

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Okay, we'll be back momentarily.

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Oh, maybe this needs to be tight.

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Try it now.

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I'm trying it.

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Is it in neutral?

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No. I think these new batteries we got are shit.

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You know, have you ever considered maybe the batteries aren't the problem, but the truck might be?

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Shut your mouth.

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All right, listen, I don't talk shit about your G-Wagon.

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My G-Wagon's over there running.

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It's fine.

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I actually think it might have ran out of diesel.

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You know, it's a really, really good thing that we're not firefighters.

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Well, you give us a day or two to get ready.

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We'll be ready for the fire.

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If it was like a pre-ordered fire, they're like, yeah, a day ahead of time, we would be the best firefighters ever.

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But if it's an emergency, not the best, no. All right, try wrapping it up.

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All right, flip the water off and then back on.

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Should have a kick on that red light in the middle.

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There you go.

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There it goes.

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All right, how do I fire it?

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Did I do something?

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Oh wait wait is it still going?

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No, I hit the button again turn it off there.

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It leaks a little.

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Is the water supposed to come in here?

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Yeah, it's a it's a water-cooled seat.

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Is the thing waterproof?

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Is what waterproof?

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The fire truck?

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I mean, I don't know.

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I wasn't driving in the river.

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What does this yellow thing do?

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Oh, that runs the cannon on the front.

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That cannon don't work as good as the one on the roof.

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I still want to use it.

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There's a handle by your right ass cheek.

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Pull it forward.

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Dude, it sounds like a machine gun from in here.

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So are my barrels the one on the right or the left, do you think?

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I'll take the one on the right.

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What's the winner win?

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Not having to eat a salad at lunch.

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All right, we'll do that.

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All right, start.

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Go ahead. That feels great.

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I can't tell if we knocked them over at all.

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Oh, there's still this on there.

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All right, that's the time.

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How do I turn it off?

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Over your shoulder push that thing back hit the no hit the red button hit the no hit the red button

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Hit the red button now push that back behind you behind you push that back now No, the other thing the gold the gold thing yeah push that There you go.

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It's good It's just got some it's got some quirks.

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Oh, I forgot to stop this time One minute 14 one minute 1564 Timed it.

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I don't know what to tell you.

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You should have done it faster.

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Why are you cheating?

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I'm not cheating.

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Add Zach!

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I was also specifically disqualified because we told you to hit the left one.

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Yeah, you knocked down mine.

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You hit the right one.

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No, I said I'm taking the ones to the right.

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This is- Yeah, cuz they're closer.

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Yeah, they are closer.

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You can reposition when you go to do the other one.

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Alright, fine.

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Let me in there.

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Let me see what I can do.

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Guys, Garrett put down a very admirable time of 1 minute 15.

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No way, it was way lower than 1 15.

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No, I'm pretty sure it was 1 15.

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All right, your time starts now.

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Now?

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Hey, what's my time?

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You used a cannon.

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What are you doing?

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Oh, you're right.

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I'm sorry.

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I forgot.

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Well, Weston's time was 20 seconds.

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God damn it.

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Disqualified.

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He did not use the cannon all the way.

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He knocked over most of them.

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Just running them over.

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All right, what was my time?

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Are you serious?

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I knocked over all your barrels too, by the way.

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It was 20.63.

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Damn, I'm good.

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Well, you know, we had a competition.

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The best man won.

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Yeah, you're really a lot more skilled at barrel bowling.

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Do you think there's else to this thing?

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Could like, we use this to justify buying a 100,000 pound fire truck?

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Oh yeah, I got multiple ways to justify it.

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You know how much of a pain that ass it is to clean your RV?

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Yeah, it's actually a massive pain in the ass.

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It takes for all afternoon.

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Not anymore.

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So guys, here's the thing, right?

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Obviously, this fire truck is very handy in multiple scenarios.

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Fires?

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Yes.

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Knocking down barrels?

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Yes.

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But what happens, say, if you got your RV here and it's dirty and you need to clean it off real quick?

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Yeah, that RV's not dirty, though.

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Nah, it's...

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Look, it's filthy.

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Hold on.

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Oh, .

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Look how clean it's getting!

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Oh, .

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There goes the AC unit!

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Clean the out of that one!

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You just simulated a hurricane.

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Ooh, I feel like I might have damaged the front window there, Garrett.

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Well, at least we got insurance.

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At this rate, you might as well clean the interior.

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You want to open up the door?

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Oh, don't worry.

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I'll go around to the other side.

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I only got one side done.

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All right, guys.

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Now, this is the best way there is to clean an RV.

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Now on, and just a little thing there and...

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Dude, it's like brand new.

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I know.

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So guys, here's the thing.

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Kennedy is our assistant and she started work for us years ago, right?

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And she's kind of more from an assistant to now she kind of handles everything that happens behind the scenes.

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The reason why people's emails get responded to and all of the stuff

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that we need to get done on a daily basis with business happens is because of Kennedy.

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Merchandise, website, YouTube, schedules.

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I mean, the list is literally endless.

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So, guys, her CRVs wore out.

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Got 250,000 miles.

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Thing dies when she comes to a stoplight.

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She needs a new car.

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So we got her a new car.

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Da-da-da!

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Uhhhhhhhhh Now, as far as like fancy cars go, it's not a Ferrari

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But she is brought up for like what maybe the last

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two weeks how bad she wants to go get a new

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car The other day she pulled up to talk to me

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and her CRV died in the middle of the street And then she's like you know, I really think like the Mazda CX-5's those are nice cars Those are like really really good cars.

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I've been looking at one of those.

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So that's what we got her!

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Look at this rig!

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It's got 80,000 miles.

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It's a 2017

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or 2018 model Mazda CX-5 runs pretty good good drives pretty

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good overall it's a very nice car it's way nicer than what she's got

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and you know what she's been absolutely getting everything done

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that we need to get done and handling

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so much she deserves a new ride get her out let's

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I want to take her for a spin dude this thing looks good

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it looked good all right let me see her oh dude

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this thing is nice it is very comfortable to drive normally

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we like try to make everybody's birthdays pretty special here everybody that works for us Well, I purposely forgot hers.

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Hers was Sunday.

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Hers- and it's not Tuesday.

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I didn't say a single thing about her birthday.

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Not a damn thing.

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Well, you know what's funny?

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She said something yesterday about like, I forgot her birthday.

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And I'm like, well, maybe I got you a gift. Who knows?

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Yeah, this is the problem, right?

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Garrett is the worst surprise- What are you talking about?

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I surprised you?

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What'd you surprise me with?

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Oh, the Can-Am.

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Yeah, yeah, you did that.

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God dang, are you ungrateful?

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I'm not ungrateful!

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Jump in.

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Let's take it for a rip.

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What is he swimming?

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Screw to the tires.

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I mean, this thing's nice.

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The other thing about this test drive here is you want it to just be completely uneventful.

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Don't want to be too fast.

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Don't want it to break down.

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Yeah, pretty uneventful.

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This is an action movie now, guys.

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Oh, they can't outrun them.

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Okay, we got to put a turbo on this thing.

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ASAP.

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Hey, y'all want a drag race?

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Yeah!

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Let's do it.

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You ready?

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One, two, three!

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Oh!

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Oh!

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Beat it!

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Beat it!

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Beat it!

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Beat it!

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You know she's going to love this, right?

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She's going to love this car.

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I think we ought to pull it down to the warehouse.

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Once it's in the warehouse, we'll show Parker.

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Now we've got to figure out how to surprise Kennedy with it.

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Also, on top of that, just to make sure this thing is dialed and ready, And we got some goodies to take and decorate a car.

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So we got Pikachu.

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She loves Pokemon.

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Like, Kennedy absolutely loves Pokemon.

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So we got Pikachu.

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We got a Pokeball or whatever they're called.

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Pink steering wheel cover.

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Soft, furry seatbelt covers.

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Here, hold that.

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That's your color.

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I like this.

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Why is there a disco ball?

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Anyway, we got all this stuff.

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So we're going to go show Parker the car, see what he thinks of it.

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And then while I'm doing that, do you want to decorate this, Batgirl?

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What do you think behind this door?

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I don't know, dude.

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Parker doesn't know anything about the Secret Society.

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You have to initiate him.

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I was just writing emails and now I'm here.

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Oh, no, no. Here, come here.

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No. Her.

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Yeah.

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What?

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Dude, she's going to freak out.

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Yeah, I know.

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Her car is falling apart.

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Yeah, I know.

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You know, the other day, we were up the street and she stopped.

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And I think it died.

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No, it doesn't die.

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It almost just almost dies almost not yeah I think you mentioned a CX-5

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or maybe she did like all the CX-5s are good cars.

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Yeah, so I found one You did that was literally like two days ago.

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I'm good at my job We had to move quickly to get it.

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That's sick dude.

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What the heck?

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Here's the keychain

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My thought is we have to make your day a little worse before we make it better

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I was thinking about sending Josiah to go borrow a car

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and then putting it down here by the big bump

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and Taking the front tires off

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and laying it down on the ground now as soon as

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she sees her car like out there She's immediately gonna be like something's going on.

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Well, we're gonna have to hurry up or she's gonna drive down Yeah, all right.

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Let's go.

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Are you just gonna steal it?

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I'm just gonna steal it.

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Okay Is that clean title?

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Yeah God dang Yeah You think I got you a salad ring?

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Hey, I mean, you know, they're not all bad You stay with the car because I think you'll fold.

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Look at me and tell me- No, no, no. No, look at me.

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I'm not gonna fold.

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I just can't promise you that I'm gonna be convincing.

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All right, let me pretend to be her real quick.

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Where the f* were you?

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Uh, Weston bought you a new car.

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I f*ing know!

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I knew it!

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I knew it!

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Alright, lock him in the building!

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What if I just get in the driver's seat and you get in behind me?

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And I'm like, Kennedy, come on, we gotta go.

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Yeah, we could be like, people love your CRV, so hop in.

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We're gonna take it for a rip.

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And then we'll just drag on it the whole time.

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And we just f*ing send it, dude.

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Yeah.

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Keys aren't in it.

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Go ask for them.

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Yes!

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This thing is a piece of sh.

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At least that was for me.

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I don't know.

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Man, this thing has no power.

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God dang.

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Is there a handbrake in this thing?

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Oh, there is and it works.

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You want to see a handbrake slide in this thing?

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Dude!

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This thing's a good drifter.

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It's a guy that's pretty kidding, he's CRV.

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I need to make sure it slides for when we get down here when we get down here.

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Oh, this thing hates that.

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I feel like he's gonna fall apart.

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What?

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What's that?

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What is that?

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Drive to the yard a bit.

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What are you doing?

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Shh, shh.

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Kenway.

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What?

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Why'd you loan Weston your car to go rally racing?

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I didn't.

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Weston's using your car as a rally car right now.

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Literally, Josiah said...

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Well, I need to say this.

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Josiah lied.

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Josiah lied?

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Yeah, he's retaining the rally course.

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Come on.

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No, you're not!

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Yes, we are!

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Dude, look how bad I'm sweating in this thing.

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It is so hot.

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She drives this thing every day.

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It's the AC, uh, god damn.

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You're gonna do all the talking when she comes out.

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I just needed an oil change.

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Hey!

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What are you doing?

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I'm changing oil in your car!

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You feel overqualified for that job!

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She's gonna get so pissed when I drive it up on the side of you.

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Hey, look at us, buddy!

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No!

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It's like Nash!

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It's squeaking the whole way.

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It's like, what is going on here?

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I don't know.

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The tent is coming off.

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The paint is coming off.

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Sorry, I can't hear you over the rattling.

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What'd you say?

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The paint is coming off.

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The tent is coming off.

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Okay, get in.

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My car cannot see me.

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Stop.

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It is not equipped for this.

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You're not even looking at the front.

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I don't even think you know what this thing's capable of.

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It's not capable.

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Really?

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You sure?

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What?

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I think it's mine!

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What?

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Goddamn!

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We almost got out of real access!

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Oh my god!

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Don't worry, we're not f*ing up, it's fine.

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You have insurance, don't you?

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Yes, but there is a bump coming up.

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Oh, there is a bump!

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Oh no!

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Oh, that soaked it up!

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It actually wasn't bad.

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Why are you- Woohoo!

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No!

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Why are we destroying my car?

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We're not destroying it, Kennedy!

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The thing is, I had to get the oil hot before we change it.

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It has 230,000 miles, and it's not made- No. Hamburgers, right?

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No!

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That does not feel good.

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I thought we were going over here.

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Oh, sorry.

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Oh, yeah, alright.

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Oh, shit!

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What was that?

581

That was a bad sound.

582

I'm sorry.

583

I didn't mean to do that.

584

That was not good.

585

You want to take her on the rally course?

586

Yeah, let's go!

587

No!

588

What are you doing?

589

What?

590

Why are you destroying my car?

591

I'm not destroying her.

592

I'm trying to help you.

593

You said you wanted an oil change.

594

I'm trying to get her warmed up before we change the oil.

595

I do not even know how it changes.

596

You know, I just normally put it in the garage and...

597

You brought this thing?

598

That's a damn knock and sewing machine under there.

599

You hear that?

600

If you put a can right here, it likes to rattle a lot.

601

Alright, hold on.

602

Let me go ahead and turn around and go back.

603

Oh, that sounds horrible.

604

That's awful.

605

What are you doing?

606

Happy birthday, Kennedy.

607

Happy birthday.

608

What was it?

609

Look at that!

610

You're joking, dude.

611

You think I would destroy your car on a regular day?

612

Yes, I actually would!

613

I probably would.

614

You're joking.

615

Did you get it at the auction?

616

Yes, but it's a nice car.

617

You said I forgot your birthday, Kennedy.

618

What the hell? the hell you didn't tell me happy birthday

619

garratt well i'm happy birthday kitty no freaking way is it a cx five yeah i got 10 stuff

620

what the congratulations oh my god there's a hi-chu

621

oh the right i love

622

that oh wait hold on wait until you see the keys

623

i actually don't feel like this is real happy birthday happy birthday oh my gosh thank you

624

so much and actually don't be thing to me is also Garrett too.

625

Oh, happy birthday.

626

Garrett bought it.

627

You mentioned you wanted a CX-5 like four days ago.

628

I did.

629

And I know you was looking for a car because, well, this thing's got 80,000 miles on it.

630

Runs and drives great, good tires.

631

I just drove it.

632

It's like buttery smooth.

633

But here's the question, right?

634

We can borrow it at any time to go rally racing.

635

No, no you cannot.

636

What are you talking about?

637

We're not doing that.

638

No way.

639

You absolutely kill it.

640

You make sure that we all get all of our stuff done.

641

You somehow handle all the logistics that it takes to run what we do every day.

642

I'm in shock.

643

Like, I actually don't even know what to say, because I am in shock.

644

This one, AC blows and stuff doesn't rattle out of the cup holder.

645

I know, I just, it's not even making any sound.

646

I know.

647

Oh my gosh, you guys!

648

You're doing way too much.

649

Okay, we can do less.

650

Happy birthday.

651

Thank you.

652

Dude.

653

Get in, go for a drive.

654

Guys, Kennedy has done a fantastic job for all the years that she's worked for us and she 100% deserved it.

655

And more than anything, she's not going to break down

656

so I don't have to come get her on the side of the highway, which is good.

657

Man, this thing's nice.

658

It has leather seats, dude.

659

It's got leather seats.

660

I mean, for a Mazda, I think it's pretty much fully loaded.

661

There you go.

662

This is awesome.

663

I can't believe it.

664

Well, I was telling everybody in the video before you got

665

here how much work it is to make basically a television episode once a week.

666

A lot of a lot of calls a lot of ordering a lot of figuring out where things are scheduling

667

and so much stuff that goes into it

668

That nobody ever sees hopefully we're showing

669

that like they can appreciate a little bit

670

because yeah That's why we got 14 people here you help wrangle the whole mess together

671

and make it happen You're part of the reason why that every week people get to see these videos.

672

So happy birthday.

673

She's gonna love that thing I actually don't think it's hit her that it's actually hers.

674

Yeah I didn't think that thing was

675

that bad till I moved it right there And

676

so you can't even tell if it's in gear cuz it just shakes so bad Guys, Kennedy's done a fantastic job for us over the years, and she does a really, really good job for the company,

677

and she 100% deserves something like this.

678

There she goes.

679

She's got a new car.

680

Boom.

681

By the way, if a repo man comes after it, just park it in the garage.

682

Park it in the garage.

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