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Hello! If you're a bonus episode subscriber, we would love to hear your questions for our upcoming Q & A bonus episode!

Drop them in the comments below. We're planning on recording this episode as well as our main-feed episode this Thursday, because it's my birthday this weekend and I kind of want a little vacation, so try and ask in the next day or two to make the cut for the recording!

Thank you all for subscribing and I'm excited to see what y'all come up with!!

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Cariad Keigher

What is an electric car you’d love to drive that you know will disappoint you?

hazelbutt

Is it a dumb idea to get a Rivian R2? p.s. Happy Birthday :3

Vickbee

Lots of trans women describe having an egg break moment. For me, i had a car egg break moment by looking at a 1984 Fiero Indy Pace Car. Did either of you have a single car that lit your spark of interest in cars? If so, what car broke your automotive egg?

Buick

What is the best van? All makes and models apply, from the Mitsubishi Delica to the VW T1 Microbus to the Ford Supervan!

Soundjake

What's a car that most people dislike that you love?

Theodora Constantine

One, Happy Birthday! Two, the oil crisis spirals and makes the US into a Mad Max car hell where you need a chudmobile to get groceries. What November Kelly styled lefty operator creation are you dreaming up? Let's set a rule of yah got to stick to two axles.

FreeBard42

If money was no object, what's the one vintage car you'd own as an electric conversion? (Mine's a VW T2; 23-window Samba, of course.) Happy Birthday Victoria, thanks to both of you for a great podcast.

you may fascinate a tendsto42 by saying its name

happy upcoming birthday! what car is "gender" to you? (I ask specifically thinking of a black 987.1 Porsche Cayman S, whose rear end gives me the exact same "I want to be her" feeling that I get from pretty women)

Hyundai Genesis Evangelion

What are your thoughts about the Mitsubishi 3000GT? When I was a kid I thought they were cool as hell but I've heard they're actually kind of terrible

MairCoyote

What do you love about French auto manufacturers? This question is specific please don’t give me any negativity for my scrimblios 3:

Catrenya thinks Jordan would like Snowrunner

Basically all my friends are trans, and I feel some degree of peer pressure to develop and reveal a gender identity more complex than cis. But like, I’m not sure I feel anything but ambivalent about the whole concept of gender as it concerns my identity. Is it cool to do some sort of “Uh, I guess round me up to some kind of trans identity if you wanna” thing if so don’t care, or am I horning in on people who care if I do?

Tobi

Ooh! What's the best worst _and_ the worst best cars you've ever experienced

Anastasia Gilday

What was the absolute worst, most souless vehicle that both of you had to drive and review professionally? The one where you had to scramble to find something polite to write about. You know, the horror.

Laura's always wanted a 2CV 😭

If you could pull attributes and characteristics from different cars (eg, anything from general stuff like "Miata handling" or "Civic reliability" to specifics like "the turn-signal stalk from the 1997 BMW 325i" or "the WRX STi's turbo system") to compile your dream car, what would they be, and which models would make up your composite amazing-for-you car? Assume that you'd have a garage to park it in, and that the roads are not entirely clogged with traffic at all possible hours (it's a fantasy, after all).

Donovan Burns

What's the oldest car you've driven? And without looking it up beforehand, do you think you could jump on a Ford Model T and get it started?

Reese filed for official name and gender change

Jordan: you say your wife is a furry. If you could craft a car based fursona, what would it be and why? (Plane and trainsonas do exist so this is a legitimate question) Victoria: you've also admitted to being a furry on air. What is your favorite West Coast Con? Do you have a fursuit? Happy birthday!

Vista Primavera High's impending Escalade crash

Which of your cars helped you the most in life? I know it'll probably be your first car that you needed: For me it's my '16 Fit because it finally gave me agency in places with very little public transit.

Titania Bird, Super Saiyan Goddess

Hey, girls! Queen Bird wants to know: what are your thoughts on EV conversions? I’ve thought about doing it to my ‘05 Grand Marquis, but that’s a pipe dream for a paycheck-to-paycheck girl, and from my research, conversion is almost as much as buying a used EV.

Neilbog the reformed/relapsed hoon

I bought a low mileage 25-year old 5sp Honda Fit as a cheap (well, not really that cheap), fun car to get the kids to bass class when it's too inclimate for the carbureted SV650. Having intentionally purchased the car for practicality, please talk me (and everyone else in this position) out of lusting over swaybars, clutch delay valve deletes, rev-hang ecu flashes, 8-spoke watanabes, and the like.

Crippled_Giraff

What's your favorite airplane, and what's the smallest airplane you've ever flown in?

lyn_wu

Best station wagon for a mutual aid organizer hauling tables, chairs, easy ups, and ice chests? Also has to be only car in suburbs of LA county.

Noblese Oblahaj

Is there a good gaming set up for racing that doesn't cost a million dollars and plays nice with PC? Been thinking of getting some peripherals ( wheel, pedal, shifter ) but I know nothing.

Jerri wants to join the Guadalajara Drive Deviant

James May once pointed out that the most fun he'd ever had driving a car was when he was test driving a Fiat Panda, because it was a car that performed very well at the absolute edge of it's envelope, and that's where the fun really is, and often more powerful or "sportier" cars get really weird at that edge simply because it's so much further out. When I was a teenager, my sister (who was then in her mid 20s) bought an Omni GHL 5 speed manual. It was my first introduction to the "powered roller-skate" concept of the hot-hatch, and I've been in love with hot hatches ever since. Is there a hot hatch, either old or new, that y'all have a soft spot for? And is this a place where EVs can really make inroads into Car People culture? I know I loved my Chevy Spark EV for exactly that roller-skate feeling, even though its top speed wasn't particularly high. Oh, and sidenote: I have a 23 Outback in Mexico that I can't sell here; I have to return it to the USA to sell, hence the "will deliver" PS.

FreeBard42

(Bonus question if you've time: What would your second choice be for a vintage EV two-car solution?)

Evan Allen

Do you want to interview frustrated automotive engineers that love to talk shit about companies they work/worked at?

Kevin M

Happy Birthday! What are your "just for fun" car mods- something that has no useful function but you're putting on your project car?

teno

Will buying a Sienna make me a better parent?

CpnLag

What cars do you recommend for learning to drive stick?

Interurban Era

Do we know anybody who does metal bodywork affordably? I don't want to lost my old mustang to ever increasing rust issues before you get a chance to drive it.

Jennifer Houghton

Racing driver (living or deceased) you would of liked to have a conversation with? (Sir Jackie Stewart for me btw)

etienne

changing the shift knob is always cool 100% of the time. 8-ball, golf ball, katana handle, crown royal felt bag, dodge t-shifter, zweihander handle, its always good and funny

etienne

my extremely NUMTOT question is: is the rising price of motor vehicles and gas going to turn the tide on public transport ridership or is something much stupider and worse going to happen?

AutoFox

Building on someone else's question, does a 1990 Buick Reatta with bull bars and an anti-Flock laser system sound like a good Apocalypse Car?

T M

I'm looking for road trip ideas ... any trans-amenable spots in WA, OR, or NorCal I should check? Or maybe places I should definitely avoid, some spots seem to get fashy pretty quick. (Fun anecdote, I once stopped for gas at a small town between Seattle and Aberdeen WA and got a really weird vibe off a local cop. Not super unusual, but imagine my surprise later when I looked up the town and found its main claim to fame was the local "Norse Community Hall" haha-i'm-in-danger dot jpeg.)

Christiana (rhymes with banana)

What kind of music (or podcasts, etc.) do you two like on roadtrips? Should you or should you not be handed the aux cord?

The Empire Builder Strikes Back

Not really a question, but I would love if you could bring on Roman from RCR. Brian would be acceptable too, but Roman’s relationship with cars seems nuanced and fascinating.

Harper

Happy Birthday! I need advice on a vampire ttrpg character - I wanted to ask what kind of car she would drive. The character is a trans butch millionaire who constantly dresses and acts like Christian Grey. She is 1000% a member of the cultureless Nouveau Riche. She knows nothing about cars and would want to own something big and loud and expensive and american and modern, ideally with a big grill. The kind of car that pulls up next to all the old, cultured vampires' classic Ferraris to make them curl their lips in disgust. The kind of car a tech bro would buy from a dealer without doing any research or having any understanding of cars or pedigree. Any advice you can provide on the subject would be deeply appreciated! She needs it to speed everywhere and cause noise disturbances.

Tara Hailstorm is mourning her Spark's CVT

I've been waiting since I missed the last listener questions episode to ask this one! What's your answer to a fuck, marry, kill between Ford, GM, and Stellantis?

Brinks246

Is there a tran girlsimo discord/discord alternative server? If one is made a Tran girlismo sim racing league would go hard.

Jessica Rose :3

Who are the most TMA and TME car makers?

chris mathews

Ive fallen into my own niche of car enthusiasm in that I seem to fall for obscenely rare cars that nobody remembers or cares to remember. My pride and joy is a GMT800 Yukon XL 2500 (6.0) with quadrasteer that's still working after almost 250k miles. Have the girls ever experienced a quadrasteer truck or have any opinions about them?

XanderLeoarro

Vintage car opinions? Specifically the Duesenberg?? I get why the two of you talk about modern cars but some chatting about vintage and antique cars would be cool

the people's pillow princess

the closest ive ever gotten to driving a tesla was a 914 that had been through the wringer of hurricane katrina, gutted, and fitted with a first gen tesla roadster drivetrain by a dude i met at a flea market. if you could pick any vintage sports car to convert to electric what would it be?

Naho Yuzu

What is your favorite bit of philosophy? For example mine is the Tao te Ching.

AbnormalReflex

Happy birthday! Having been around both the low and high end of car culture, what was the most ingenious repair or modification you have seen on a car?

etienne

my answer is Kia Stigner but curious what the ladies are gonna say!

T M

Murdered-out Escalade V :)

Sam Myers

Which of your current cities has the best public transit?

AnarCaylee

Growing up, my favorite movie that got me into cars was Herbie The Love Bug, so my queston to you is which Herbie movie is your favorite and could you do a bonus episode about it?

Tran Girlismo (& Victoria Scott)

I will save you the question here and just answer: Seattle's transit is literally 10,000x better than Pittsburgh's, having used both, lol

Michael Han

If you could wave a magic wand and create a spec series for any car, what car would it be?

Serjeant

What are the prospects for Telo Trucks and their MT1, do you think?

Serjeant

Obviously Alfa Romeo has the best car logo, how do you beat "flag of Milan plus giant snake eating a guy", but which car company has the 2nd best logo?

Serjeant

How do I come out to my parents when I can barely come out to myself? (How do I decide if I'm a trans woman or genderfluid or bigender or…)

Serjeant

How much of a scam is it to Lease a car?

MoxBagel

What are your favorite wagons throughout the years? I'm partial to the e34 touring, the rs6 avant, and the 850R. One of my areas of EV concern when I finally replace my outback is that it's already so hard to find someone to just sell me a sedan with a big ass but maybe Volvo will bring it back in their electric lineup.

Harper

its so boxy but thats fantastic! thank you!

Moomin Instrumentality Project

Whats the worst car you would allow your cohost to daily without having an intervention over it (over safety, moral, or other concerns)?

Elise

Happy birthday!! I’m curious to hear more about how both of yall got into / approach photography, and if there’s any camera / film stock you’ve always wanted to try but haven’t gotten to (mine are the Fujifilm gs645 and aerochrome, or the Minolta AF reflex lens)

Slugfarm

Does Jordan play EDH and if so who is her favorite and/or current General?

AprilDruid

Is there a car brand that you don't necessarily hate, but have the worst luck with? For me it's Ford. The first car was a '95 Thunderbird; it was a total piece of junk that needed all sorts of work to survive. You could hear it coming from a mile away with how it made noise from the lack of good shocks or struts. I eventually got a '16 Focus hatch, which got sold when the transmission computer forgot how to shift.

Great Joe

Would you rather daily a PT Cruiser or a Prowler?

Stef Schrader

Can confirm that Roman is an absolute sweetheart! Probably one of the nicest guys in this niche.

Stef Schrader

{ patiently awaits this answer since my mom now drives a Sienna }

Stef Schrader

TESLA ROADSTER MENTIONNNN SPOTTED! I am now envious of The People's Pillow Princess for getting to drive that powertrain swap. The Tesla Roadster is high on my list of "problematic faves" for where that company went and the open fascist who took it over. (Bring back Eberhard and Tarpenning, dammit.) I like that cute lil' stinker and the fact that it showed a lot of folks that EVs can be cool, actually, but oof, I have complicated feelings about that now. Do y'all have any problematic car faves that bring up a bunch of "it's complicated" or "I like this, but ASTERISK ASTERISK QUALIFYING FACTORS ASTERISK" feelings?

Stef Schrader

P.S.: I also have a vehicle to note for sale but probably can't change my username and weird out my (sorta dormant) Parshtreon, so! Please Buy the 348-HP Sleeper Manual 2008 Outback Wagon Being Stored In My Garage, $4K OBO.

Jason

So no love for Subaru but what about the WRX (pre 2019 -- when they converted it to the same basic platform as all other Subarus) ? Also eagerly awaiting Tran Girlismo (in physical meda format) on the PS2.

Kenny McElhaney

What sort of Speed Racer/James Bond car features that you think would be perfect to have in real life? Smoke screens, ejector seats, oil slicks? Glovebox AED?

Studio Nyxie

One: happy birthday! the question I got for both of you: If you're going out shooting with something other than a phone and can only take one prime lens, what's your go-to focal lengths?

Lena

To you both; It's purge night, and you'd like to participate by comitting arson. However, all of the local Cybertrucks and autonomous taxi's are already burning. Which car would you choose to burn and/or smash? One car, you can't burn down all 2020s Stellantis products in one night Also, happy birthday Victoria!

Lena

Good on them for giving that car another chance at life

Lena

I hate it when there's too much computer in my car

Russian Language Doritos ad

What would be your dream engine swap? Ignore cost and feasibility. Drop a W16 in a Suzuki Cappuccino, if that's what you want. 😸

Den's house of weirdcarbs brands

How screwed are the automakers walking back EVs with massive write-offs (GM, how could you?) as we enter the abyss of a forever war with Iran? I need to hear y'all rant about this in a full episode. 😅

Nicholas Guerra

How bad of an idea is it to make a 1986 Nissan 300zx Turbo a project car?

DJM

What's your favorite appearance of a car in anime?

Ki

Any cute gift ideas for someone who is learning to drive but will not own a car? Also, birfdays!

Ian Campbell

Dumb fun engine swaps! What engine do you want to put in what car?! I've always had the fun idea of sticking a Viper V10 in a Tucker Torpedo. What about you?

James Gilboy

You can prevent one car company from being formed. Which is it, and what are the historical implications? You can play as fast and loose with “car company” as you want because content