From Datsun to Range Rover: What Dora's First Car Taught Her About Success

Dora has loved cars from the moment her dad taught her to drive as a kid, and her episode reads like an encyclopedia of automotive memories. In this rich narrative, she recounts her mastery of every vehicle she’s owned – from the classic Datsun 160J that started it all, to a quirky Dodge Dart K that added intrigue, a sporty Ford Probe that tested her limits, an efficient Smart Fortwo that showcased modern minimalism, and finally the luxurious Range Rover that crowns her journey. Dora’s storytelling is investigative and engaging; the hosts joke that they had to “Ford Probe like Woodward and Bernstein” to dig up all her Datsun details. Listeners will gain insight into each model’s place in automotive history (expect fun facts about Datsun engineering and Range Rover’s off-road pedigree) and how Dora planned her next car at every stage of life. 

Dora's favorite episode is Mason's Classic Car Path - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2316026/episodes/17426714-how-a-mcpherson-college-grad-arrived-at-f40-motorsports-mason-s-classic-car-path

This episode offers a heartfelt exploration of a lifelong auto enthusiast’s journey – a celebration of automotive lifestyle, family bonding over cars, and the emotional milestones marked by each beloved ride.

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Transcript

00:00.67
Christian
Welcome back to your podcast where your stories are welcome. You're welcome the interview show this is where we chat about your history your cars. This is 2 all the cars I've loved before check us out at carslove.com I am Christian with my tech genius co-host putna doug how you doing pow.

00:26.19
Doug
Doing great doing great it today is gonna be extra special show got a another great friend of the show on.

00:33.11
Christian
I am so psyched about today I don't know what the weather is doing up there but down here instead of preparing for this show I went for a run a three and a half mile run because the weather is spectacular here in the Florida gulf coast 39% humidity ° sunny sunny sunny not a cloud in the sky. So hey it's a great day to stay inside in front of your computer and hey chat with friends reminisce. That's what the show is all about your first car second car third car current car parents car buddies car girlfriend's car. Whatever.

01:09.55
Doug
Stories stories life lessons through cars life lessons through cars. That's what we want to hear.

01:10.64
Christian
Was that stories that's it. That's it these are the cars that we need us absolutely absolutely life lessons through cars. So yeah before I hand it over Doug for the ah for the tech. Update. On the platforms to analytics who is listening. Where's listening why they're listening just wanted to let you to the audience continues to grow. We continue to get a ah ton of mail by way of our email addresses. We had these recently fired up ah Doug procured the domain carslove.com carslove.com so I am at christian@carslove.com that chr ISTIAN at carslub dot com he is at d o u g at carsluve.com. So I love interact interacting with the listeners. So hey just shoot shoot us mail if you like what you hear if you don't like what you hear. It's all fine. And and if you want to be on the show even better. Just shoot us an email It's very easy. The prep for the show. Ah as as informal as it sounds is exactly as we record it Doug is a great big planner I am not my plan is no plan. It makes Doug want to reach to the screen and strangle me every time I say it. But you know what it comes out perfect every time every show is different because every listener is different what you got my man right.

02:31.26
Doug
Well with well with those of us who plan if you don't want to send email. You're not email savvy. You don't like email you're you're ah you know on the latest platforms. We have a forum on our website.

02:41.86
Christian
Um, oh good point. Such a good point. Yeah, yeah, absolutely another thing is I would say yeah, get involved to the degree you can.

02:46.94
Doug
Feel free to check that out. Give it feedback. We'd love to hear from you.

02:57.85
Christian
Ah, listen to the episodes. So when you go to I always check it out. Doug has us propagated all over the internet. But by now he's got us on so many platforms. But I would say get involved listen to the episodes. Please follow the show download the episodes this helps us get the attention of the larger players and stakeholders in the. Base. Um, yeah, check out the website. Let us know what you think you can see pictures of us. Why anyone would want that I have no idea but there are pictures of cars of people who've been on the show before and hey yours would look great up there too. Finally ah for I before I toss it over across the fence. I would say ah please tell your friends about the show so we are growing by word of mouth and we just see the analytics sort of spiraling out of control as we as we catch fire like a disgusting virus all over the planet. So I am gonna toss it across the screen to see what my man with a plan. Has for us what you got buddy. Or oh yeah, yeah, this is cool. It's.

03:58.95
Doug
There's a new blog. There's a new blog pardon me. There's a new blog out there so far only only my notes but Christian I hope you'll be adding to it soon. It's ah, definitely worth reading.

04:06.73
Christian
Your bill. Yeah I thought about some things I could write about today. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

04:16.31
Doug
Definitely worth reading I think and if those of you are interested in where the genesis if you will of this show came from got it covered in the first blog post.

04:29.43
Christian
Yeah I read it I loved it I thought of some things that I could write gonna be bouncing it off you and thank you for that appreciate the updates and so ah, you know you may not know this but Doug and I go way back college buddies for decades.

04:48.29
Christian
And Doug's friend that he's known for some time is on the show I'm so excited I just met her I'm so pleased that she's ah that she's gonna join us here but let me hand over formal introductions to the man with a plan.

05:01.41
Doug
Yeah, so we have ah our wonderful gas good friend of mine going back to 2019 that I met in California just randomly on our we were both on a bus tour going to yosemite.

05:08.77
Christian
Ooh.

05:17.11
Doug
And we've stayed in touch since then she blames me for her new her husband I don't know why she be blamed. He seems like a great guy but we have ah the wonderful the smart I know we have.

05:21.85
Christian
Oh boy, Oh boy, this is how we get into trouble. It's stuff like that that gets us in trouble. But you know what keep rolling partner you're on a roll. Yes.

05:36.75
Doug
We have the wonderful brilliant Dora on and Dora is hailing from where are you from Dora yeah, and you are talking to us from the great state of Texas.

05:41.39
Christian
Yes, yeah.

05:43.56
Dora
Hi I'm from Masalin Mexico

05:52.72
Dora
Ah, Austin Texas yeah.

05:55.52
Christian
Okay, okay, wait oh I had I had to hop it. Okay I can wait. But yeah I wanted to ask about tabasco tabasco is a state I know Tabasco's a state Mexico I visited the.

05:56.29
Doug
Thank thank you? So ah yes.

06:12.82
Christian
Tabasco factory in South Louisiana my girlfriend and I tiffany ah, last weekend we had the best time visiting the tabasco factory where they make all the hot sauces there in yeah in, there's a nature preserve south Louisiana Avery Island um in in in South Louisiana so

06:18.97
Dora
Aha. Oh wow.

06:32.54
Christian
So tabasco is a state in Mexico but that's south of where you're from is is that right? got it very cool. Sorry I didn't want to? yeah yeah, keep going man I'm sorry I just had to throw that in there please continue doug.

06:39.53
Dora
That's correct.

06:42.21
Doug
Nice a man who knows his geography. Yeah yeah, yeah, no, that's it. That's okay so ah, yeah, so Dora's ah a long friend longtime friend five plus years now

06:43.46
Dora
Over.

06:57.81
Doug
We stay in touch even though we don't see each other very often and she like many of my guy friends. She's really into cars So she's she's more. She's more into.

07:07.60
Dora
I am.

07:10.24
Christian
It's a thing you'll.

07:14.79
Doug
I Think the comment from her husband was why aren't they talking to me and your comment back to him was you don't know anything about cars and he's like yeah, you're right? So I think I think you negotiated you negotiated the Cayman purchase right? That was all you yeah.

07:20.60
Dora
Right? yeah.

07:22.39
Christian
He would still be right.

07:27.56
Dora
I Did yep.

07:28.94
Christian
Oh that's pretty bud.

07:32.98
Doug
You made him get rid of his saturn sky. The hand with the hamster inside right? Hamster wheel. Yep now he rolls in a can porsche came in. There's a range rover. There's also a little.

07:35.96
Christian
Really.

07:36.24
Dora
Oh God Yes, yep, ah.

07:50.51
Christian
Whoo.

07:50.64
Dora
A set smart car for 2 Yes, my little poem.

07:51.12
Doug
Yacht right? Oh that's right, it's a smart for 2 That's right, the per my little pony as you call it right? But yep I'm taking it all away from you so tell tell? ah first um, if you would tell tell the listeners about yourself. What do you do.

07:58.77
Christian
A little horsepower.

08:10.45
Doug
What would you like to share with people any anything negative about me maybe leave out.

08:11.22
Dora
Yeah I am.

08:18.39
Dora
Yeah, okay, just your wrinkles. But yeah, we can talk about but everything else. Um I own a medical spa in Austin Texas and yeah I mean I do everything from botox fillers threats laser treatments and.

08:22.43
Christian
Um, oh.

08:23.22
Doug
Um, who.

08:33.72
Dora
I Still love cars. Yeah.

08:36.31
Christian
Perfect. She's the perfect guest Perfect guest.

08:37.41
Doug
That's right I mean when you're when yep exactly and and you've had some Um, what's the word I'm looking for. There's been some crossover between your job and cars and your client.

08:50.64
Dora
Yes.

08:53.38
Doug
Right? You were you were telling us before the before we started recording that. Ah, there were some things you were interested in doing and maybe you maybe you want to share 1 or 2 of those things with us.

09:01.30
Dora
Um, yeah, well I noticed that most of my clients they come in hot rides Mercedes bmws um I mean everybody likes hot cars right? so.

09:03.43
Christian
So yeah.

09:09.60
Doug
And Por this.

09:16.16
Dora
Yeah, so I was like well let's bring cars into um the beauty business and I got a corporate account with Nascar and I had an event where everybody who spent $700 I will get them free tickets to come with to Nascar with us and um. Yeah I mean that's how we started and also we were planning an event with lumberg genie and hopefully we can get make that happen in the near future.

09:37.83
Doug
Um, none.

09:44.86
Doug
Yeah, have you have you thought about sponsoring a cars and coffee at your spa. Yeah, or you could call it cars and Botox I don't know Yeah I love it.

09:52.39
Dora
Cars and coffee.

09:58.47
Dora
That'll be fun to do. Yeah, you know.

10:01.31
Christian
The rally in the parking lot.

10:03.54
Doug
Yeah, just um, Christian Christian and I are big fans that go into cars and coffee events. So it's a people just love talking about their cars. Please.

10:10.80
Dora
Ah.

10:11.96
Christian
Well yeah, let's let's pause there for a moment and if if you don't know and if they're not plentiful in your city cars and coffee typically mean that ah a bunch of car aficionados will.

10:21.41
Dora
Aha.

10:26.76
Christian
Bring there unique sometimes exotic sometimes old sometimes pristine sometimes beat up automobiles. So they're collectible fun weekend cars and they'll all show up in a parking lot and.

10:38.18
Dora
Um, yeah, her.

10:43.40
Christian
You know they'll bring coffee and they'll just kind of show up for the first hour 2 in the morning. Um I live in Penscola Doug lives in the midatlantic in there's some really neat ones near him and every so often we have them down here. But yeah that they're a trip. They're a trip. So.

10:53.40
Dora
Yeah.

10:59.64
Dora
Okay, yeah I haven't heard of any here I probably have to find them but I know that is one at Coda where they meet every Sunday and they ride their fun cars like um, ah yeah, porss and ferateis so you just go there and meet with the guys.

10:59.91
Doug
Yeah.

11:03.26
Christian
So.

11:14.30
Christian
Um, that's it. Yeah, you got it. You got it.

11:19.43
Dora
Yeah.

11:21.38
Doug
I I I think we have a new marketing ah marketing plan in place I like it we you're welcome Dora if it if it fail. It's don't blame me.

11:25.30
Christian
Well yeah, make sure you make sure you pay him? Yeah, if Doug is in charge of your intellectual property. You need to get a new intellect and a new property Dora I can't wait to catch up with you about or or to learn from you about what it was.

11:25.80
Dora
Um, yet.

11:39.63
Doug
Yep.

11:40.10
Dora
Um.

11:43.38
Christian
Excuse me what it was like growing up where you grew up in Mexico and what it was like driving there learning to drive how it's different from Austin where you are now I can't wait to dive into that but before we do that before we do that we wanted to chat a little bit about car news of the day.

11:46.83
Dora
Here.

11:54.17
Dora
Yeah, but.

12:02.49
Christian
And to just sort of set the stage and you know we're all pretty relaxed right now. But what do you think partner can we can we knock out a couple a couple of quick ah couple of quick nuggets from the news this week yeah so we were chatting as ah.

12:11.61
Doug
Yeah, let's let's throw those don't get to go for it.

12:19.87
Christian
Ah, we always do a little ah pre-show before the show in in in prep for actually recording the podcast episodes here and this was ah this was one that we chatted about quite a bit so all these nuggets I picked this week came from cbsnews dot com in my internet bouncing around in my ethernet travels. They had some interesting.

12:39.81
Christian
Nuggets this week so first one is what to know about protecting your car data privacy and what this article was was driving at is modern cars collect insane amounts of data around you around what you do when you're driving and now they're. Andacted app. So Tiffany bought a bought a rangero a couple of weeks ago and it's it's really neat because on the app she can just do all the unlock the car all kind of information warnings about the car etc and and this is all wonderful like ah ah like a new toy. But how safe. Are those data where can they go could they go to the insurance company where the insurance company can can can learn about your driving patterns and possibly charge more so how safe for these data was was the was the thrust of the article. Yeah.

13:26.84
Doug
Yeah, with no well I think ah I think as we've seen no data is safe once on the internet right? If if it's a connected machine. It's out there.

13:38.24
Christian
Good point.

13:44.91
Doug
For what it's worth about um, insurance tesla offers insurance and I was looking into it and it's based on how you drive I opted out because I don't I want to drive the car the way I want to drive it hopefully mostly safe and I don't want my insurance. You know I've been driving for thirty plus years I have no accidents but I want to drive the car the way I want and my insurance is quite low and I plan to keep it that way through avoiding accidents but not based on.

14:07.59
Christian
So really yeah.

14:19.59
Doug
Feedback Now my insurance company has a nice option where I can share that data. But I said no and I will continue to do so um.

14:25.77
Christian
Yeah, good point. What do you think Dora anything to add on that.

14:32.72
Dora
Yeah, um, well, it's kind of interesting I have a ranch Rover 2 and our phone connects to our radio and I mean it gets all the contacts. It gets all the content and as well we do have the reader from our insurance company.

14:35.31
Christian
Who.

14:46.87
Doug
Are.

14:47.10
Christian
Oh.

14:48.38
Dora
Ah, so they can give us a discount So we're kind of like volunteering all these data and I don't know I mean where it goes or what they do they do with it but pretty much they have access to our cell phones and.

14:58.72
Doug
2 and and.

14:59.47
Christian
So are you a trusting person Dora are you a trusting. Are you a trusting would you consider yourself a trusting person.

15:05.70
Dora
I'm sorry what was that. I Don't think we understood how that work at the beginning and you just connected to your right from list and you just let it roll and then now everything is happening and you're like oh my gosh I mean what else do they have access to you know.

15:16.19
Christian
Exactly exactly right? Yeah, um, good cool.

15:25.21
Doug
Yeah, and and with the discount like considerable at the time just curious.

15:27.77
Christian
Um, that's such a good point.

15:34.20
Dora
I think it was like $50 per month. But I mean they get a reading on how you drive? Yeah, ah he does I mean he only goes to work once a week so yeah

15:35.50
Doug
Yeah, so have you and your husband taken it out yet.

15:48.59
Doug
Noka gotcha so he he's like whenever I'm driving the car. It magically goes offline.

15:55.76
Dora
Ah, well he drives it like a grandpa so I mean yeah, he's not worry.

15:56.68
Doug
Oh that's that's how my yes, yeah we we like him.

15:59.66
Christian
Hey, he's he's one of the good guys. Yeah, all right? Well thank you for that another thing that caught our eye was this headline and as we record this episode. Ah the first quarter sales in. first quarter sales number in the United States came out. We're we're in early april so the first quarter just closed here and auto sales were up by nearly five percent despite high interest rates but ev growth slows further and and before I I toss this one over to you. Both.

16:27.69
Doug
So.

16:34.85
Christian
Thought it was interesting that auto sales were up because I've just in in my ethernet travels and also out in the world just seems like there are a lot fewer cars on car. Lots and lot less choice and even though interest rates are high. You know people are just saying car pay Dm I want a new car and. I want it now and I'm sick of waiting and so what happens is is is yeah yeah, so if you want a car, go get the car and and again, um, Tiffany bought this range Rover just recently and but she had been searching for actually quite some time.

16:56.93
Doug
That's the americu wave row.

17:10.11
Christian
And it's just hey when it's time to time to do it. It's time to do it and put it in the done column. So what do you all? think.

17:19.20
Dora
Yeah I think it's amazing that the ah the rates are high I mean the sales rates are high I think the companies are very competitive right now they offer offering out like a lifetime warranty if you do the maintenance with them every month.

17:33.18
Christian
Oh.

17:35.40
Dora
I think it's part of the american culture too like what car you drive. That's gonna be how people perceive how successful you are. So yeah I mean they're always gonna have sales. Um I know everybody every brand has an niche so I don't know how the 5% in luxury cars.

17:41.83
Christian
Me.

17:54.78
Dora
Match. Um, right now based on the economy. So that's kind of interesting. So.

18:00.48
Christian
I think that's a very good point that you say that and I just connected a few dots for me because um, all of my cars are old and beat up and unimpressive and so what does that say about the owner I'm an idiot it fits a little bit. What do you think? Doug.

18:12.78
Doug
The kind of all old beat up and unimpressive. But um, you know Dora actually she is in the market I think always for a new car right? So you're you're coming off very recent information. In fact, you you had just told me about ah the lifetime warranty I think it was jeep.

18:20.47
Dora
Yes, always.

18:21.27
Christian
No view. Very.

18:30.58
Doug
Right? Yep smart smart move. But but I would but I would say this having owned some cars not Jeeps I have owned Jeeps which were actually more reliable than some of the fancier cars having a warranty but having your car at the dealer.

18:30.84
Dora
Yep.

18:32.49
Christian
And.

18:47.43
Christian
Yeah.

18:49.82
Doug
All the time. Really? yeah, they're not very compatible so that that is that is the risk there. But yeah, it's it's good to see it good to see some competition and you know we're out of the 2020 s where

18:52.17
Dora
That's not good right? yep.

18:59.64
Christian
Drop the mic on that point I agree.

19:07.49
Doug
You had to pay a premium to get a car I don't care what it new used. It could have been one a christian's car you you had to pay more than $5 worth

19:08.45
Dora
You know.

19:10.37
Christian
Um, yeah.

19:16.11
Christian
Well I don't know if I've ever paid more than $5 for an automobile but moving on our last news nugget of the day here was I thought this was interesting and this was the ah coming out of Detroit Gm has a facility up there. They call factory zero where they. Manufacture lithium ion batteries and the Detroit fire department was called out. There was a fire recently I think it was in the past couple of weeks and so ah, the article is entitled Gm's factory zero raises fire safety concern detroit fire department urges action. So as. As these batteries. You know they're all lithium ion in the cars and and we know that there are some fire hazards there and I just thought it was an interesting read on on again as we move forward ebs and in in batteries batteries are everywhere right.

20:09.89
Doug
Yep yep for sure. Yep, all right.

20:10.94
Christian
All right? Well, that's all we have for the breaking news that I read online So what? What do you think? should we get into doors cars man.

20:24.29
Doug
Yeah, yeah, and you know I think for some of us who most of us wherever you are. You're gonna hear some interesting facts about what the the proper age to drive in Mexico is I'm not sure if there is one but ah. Dora Dora has some great stories. So I can't wait to share him with everyone.

20:44.53
Christian
Take it oh away. Yeah so Dora up in the in the pre show chatter. You mentioned that your first car was a dots in 1600 and so do you remember what year the car was and about how old you were. When you procured it and what were your what were your thoughts of those first car of that first car. Yeah.

21:08.85
Dora
Yeah, so I was nine years old um I always drove on the lap of my dad whatever car he was driving or a truck and um, early age I knew I wanted to learn how to drive. And he will take me every Sunday to just drive around the neighborhood and in that little that soon I don't know what year was yeah who knows in the 70 s and um I don't know I thought it was amazing I mean having to drive something and do something that you were not supposed to be doing. It was fun.

21:39.55
Christian
I Love oh I Love that oh go ahead, go ahead. But.

21:41.47
Doug
Yep, and would you um, would you would you say now who wanted you who wanted who to drive did your dad want you to were you begging him to drive how how did that go down.

21:41.56
Dora
Yeah.

21:53.17
Dora
Yeah I bet him I went on a motorcycle but I mean yeah, we had cars. So it's like let's go and drive. You know.

21:56.82
Doug
I.

22:03.98
Doug
Yeah, yeah, and um, for for our americans the dots and 1600 was sold here as a dots and five ten it was the a 10 series built from 1977 to 1981

22:11.57
Christian
Yeah.

22:21.68
Doug
And believe it or not those five ten s in ah in America at least are still very desirable these days as ah, tuner cars they're they're really neat car but you were what 9 years old then.

22:33.30
Dora
Yeah, we don't have driving schools in Mexico like we have it here. So it's always your parent 1 of your parents going with you and going to a big feel either baseball will feel and just driving around there or around the beach when there is no people and that's what we did every sunday.

22:45.21
Doug
Um, room.

22:52.72
Dora
Going and practicing. He will sit right next to me and um, he will shut down because he was a stick and I had to learn how to slowly release the gear and move forward and reverse and park and everything.

22:54.00
Doug
Nice.

22:59.99
Doug
Nice run. so so nine Nine years old stick ship in a field parking lot wherever wow. Yeah.

23:04.42
Christian
I Love that.

23:07.30
Dora
Yeah, yeah, my me 13 I was already picking up people driving on my own. No like no driver's license but is it was Mexico no insurance I don't know my parents.

23:18.20
Doug
No insurance. Yeah insurance optional so you see you have some great stories. It was just you and your dad father daughter you twisted his arm Daddy Daddy please let me drive the car and.

23:18.32
Christian
Whoa.

23:36.47
Dora
Yep yep.

23:37.43
Doug
That's what happened.

23:40.99
Christian
Yeah, and in something you said wow this memory just flooded back to me and I haven't thought I don't think I've thought about this in decades. You mentioned something about sitting on your father's ah lap and and I remember my dad putting. Me in his lap and having me drive his enormous Pontiac Catalina beautiful car big car you know and just kind I and I said I think this was it when he taught at Penn State so this would have been in Pennsylvania.

24:05.27
Doug
Um, beautiful heart.

24:10.27
Doug
Total.

24:10.30
Dora
Oh wow.

24:11.92
Christian
And you know let me bribe around the neighborhood too and and he loves to tell that story and I forget how young I was but I don't think I remember myself but I've heard him say that so many times that.

24:23.69
Dora
Um, yeah.

24:27.70
Christian
You know I feel like this memory has been sort of somehow implanted in my brain and it's such ah such a lovely memory and and so my I have 3 sons and the older 2 are you know out out and driving but but my youngest. Needs to learn and in will be in my neighborhood and I'll just give him the keys to the car and he's just petrified horrified ah having no idea I said relax just relax as long as you keep your foot near the brake. We can't get into too much damage. But.

24:51.90
Dora
Ah.

24:59.33
Christian
I Don't know that was That's just a lovely memory that you conjured. So thank you.

25:01.58
Dora
Yeah.

25:02.66
Doug
Yeah, so so what was the next car or what was your first official car if if you will.

25:10.21
Dora
Yeah, in high school I got the hand down me car for my older brother. It was a dark k from Chrysler and I love that car because he was wide with red interiors and I thought it was like the best car ever because.

25:21.13
Doug
Um, moment.

25:24.30
Christian
Normally.

25:28.46
Dora
It was all mine and I could pick up my friends and ah yeah I mean drive around for door white with red interiors. Yeah.

25:32.28
Doug
Yeah, and it was a Ford door. Yeah what? what? color? not oh sorry you said it and you said that? Yep yeah, so yeah there those 80 s cars the vlo red my dad had a few cars with those.

25:40.79
Christian
Um, yeah, white with red interior I think you were napping but yeah, okay.

25:49.32
Christian
Everywhere.

25:51.65
Dora
Yeah.

25:51.81
Doug
Few cars with that interior the lovely color for the um now I know dark k so people think about darts. In fact, we we had somebody on recently who owned a few dodge darts but in America that was a different car. Um in Mexico the dodge dark k in.

26:07.48
Dora
Ah, hum.

26:11.74
Doug
America it was sold as a dodge aries k car if you will k car be in the platform. So a to well that's what saved chrysler le a a coca right that that's what saved Chrysler that and

26:15.32
Christian
They made a ton of those they made a ton of those. Yeah.

26:22.53
Dora
Of love.

26:27.82
Doug
So money from the Us government to tie them over. But yeah, it worked and every once in a while I see one of those and when I see him they're in pristine shape. There's a link you every once in a while like it's somebody's.

26:37.15
Christian
Yeah.

26:38.66
Dora
Wow. But.

26:46.70
Doug
Sunday driver and they just kept it and took great care of it. But I mean that car was a platform that was used for everything they made convertible two doors my ah very first car dodged Daytona was also based on k car. So yeah.

26:53.10
Dora
Yes.

27:01.40
Dora
Oh Wow I didn't know that this pool. Yeah.

27:05.93
Doug
Yeah K Car was the way to go.

27:06.67
Christian
Kind of kind of amazing that you still see these cars on the road and up where Doug is in the midatlantic. It's salt on the roads in the harsh harsh ish winters and down here where I am in Florida I live right by the water. So.

27:17.68
Dora
Okay.

27:26.32
Christian
It's ah it's the salt air. So I wonder which is which is more corrosive but Salt and moisture guaranteed to destroy anything now.

27:30.15
Doug
And well having having been in California a few weeks ago. The number of old cars out there that are still on the road is just amazing like it's heaven for somebody like me.

27:40.17
Christian
Um, yeah huh.

27:45.42
Dora
Um, yeah, yeah, well they have so many restoration companies that I mean that's what they do I Love the show Zone netflix.

27:49.46
Doug
And for dora.

27:49.73
Christian
Room cuba.

27:56.61
Doug
Yep yep, dit a ditto I watch a lot of Youtube shows as well with that with with car repairs. Yeah did to.

28:02.35
Christian
I like that now I think we we're gonna move to the third act here and this is what I've been waiting for all day when I heard this my little my little tail just started wagon the Ford Probe you had a Ford Probe Dora and I just thought those were the neatest most unique cars.

28:11.77
Dora
Cut up.

28:20.41
Christian
What did they come out eighty seven eighty eight something like that eighty nine there you go. So what was what was your experience well like with that car where did you get it tell us a little bit about that one.

28:21.96
Doug
Eighty nine.

28:33.43
Dora
Yeah, that was my first guard in college I was in Houston and it was a mint green and I thought it was the greatest thing it was in the 90 s because the lights the front lights came out. Um, yes.

28:43.54
Doug
Pop up headlights. Love them.

28:47.12
Christian
Ah.

28:48.36
Dora
I love that car and the power was amazing too. It was a 2 door I had a spoiler in the back I just love that car. Not the color but the car. Yeah, no, this one was automatic.

28:58.98
Doug
Um, and it was a dick stick Shipped as well, right? Oh okay, well nobody's perfect. It's okay, but.

29:06.91
Dora
Ah, yeah.

29:10.72
Doug
But yeah, you love that car you know and we didn't know if we get backtracked real quick. What happened to the K Car The Dark K pardon me.

29:11.20
Dora
Yes.

29:17.16
Dora
I think he was sold because I I got an oldmobile. It was like a sports edition white with red to for my fifteenth kinangerra 15 birthday. Ah, so I had it for 3 years while in college and yeah, it was an amazing car too.

29:32.70
Doug
Um.

29:38.35
Doug
Yeah, yeah, no, that's that's awesome and um, yeah, so the fast forwarded the probe. Um, how long do you have that car for.

29:44.39
Dora
A hunt. I had it for 3 years and then I got a grand je cherokee.

29:54.70
Christian
What boy that seems to be the theme. That's that's happened with several people that was it was a big car in the mid ninety s.

29:56.30
Doug
Gotcha Gotcha any any? Yes yeah, any any um, sorry sorry to backtrack any like memorable. We met you mentioned the spoiler not a fan of the the.

30:01.93
Dora
Yeah.

30:12.75
Dora
I have.

30:13.47
Doug
The mint green but you love the car any anything. Super awesome. Super awesome. That's such a great term but anything really memorable happened in that car that you can think of that you want to share at least a lot.

30:24.97
Dora
Um, yeah, moving to Austin from Houston and I'm still here with them to Austin. Yeah.

30:26.42
Christian
But.

30:32.13
Doug
So that so that car took you from Houston to often and you've been there for 25 years right I have run 20 okay okay gotcha gotcha and so little.

30:43.95
Dora
Um, close to 20 Yeah.

30:51.99
Doug
Little urine cars or you may know about this when the Ford Probe first came out. It was intended to replace. You had a gen two probe it was intended to replace the mustang and so the Ford Probe was actually a Mazda Ford.

30:58.28
Dora
Ah.

31:02.36
Dora
Oh wow.

31:10.39
Doug
Collaboration masta had that MX six I actually had a gen two m x 6 akin to your Ford but the the muscle car slash mustang community just went crazy and Ford's like nah we'll keep the mustang going and you know look look what one.

31:13.24
Dora
I have.

31:25.15
Dora
Ah.

31:29.34
Doug
The probe is gone and the must and the mustang still being made. So yeah, that was ah that was the plan to retire that ah that ah Fox body and rear wheelel drive and turnur the mustang but where to done the development so they just.

31:32.10
Dora
Wow.

31:43.97
Dora
Huh.

31:46.71
Doug
Made the probe and get with your futuristic when it came out even the first version I remember I remember seeing 1 at the dealer. My dad was able to take a drive in it and it was a 5 speed and I probably wasn't even 16 but I was just drooling over it.

31:47.95
Dora
Wow He was.

32:03.95
Dora
Yes.

32:05.65
Doug
And I brought home the I brought home the brochure and I was like drawing pictures of it. It was awesome. Yep yep, it had it had a digital dash then it was It was really awesome.

32:10.70
Christian
It was so beautiful and so different. It just looks so different.

32:13.98
Dora
Yeah I love that? yeah.

32:25.58
Christian
Very good. Well thank you for sharing these tales u oh uh oh you know what happened look what happened partner. We ah you know we're just getting started with Dora.

32:31.70
Doug
What happened what happened.

32:38.25
Christian
Getting knee deep into these stories and instead of exhausting questions I just have so many questions to ask her about where she grew up and how she came here and how she became the person that just but we've run out of time yet again and.

32:51.99
Doug
On this episode.

32:55.72
Christian
On this episode but there will be others. We'll have to have you back in season 37 Dora um, we're on season 1 right now. So hey what are you doing? Let's see if we can pencil you into our schedule. What are you doing in March of 2046

33:00.79
Dora
Sounds different.

33:08.56
Dora
Okay.

33:15.13
Dora
Ah, hopefully driving.

33:15.23
Christian
Ah, playing Well I'm sure you will be I'm sure you will be so what do you got partner. Let's ah by way of wrapping up what you got.

33:20.52
Doug
So no I um, just just for everyone. Everyone on the show just I just want to ask Dora you're looking at cars. What's ah at the top of your list right now.

33:32.60
Christian
Mm.

33:34.17
Dora
Right now I really want a euros or um or a variety that will be my next one and no variety. Yeah I like the California um.

33:37.38
Doug
Oh Lamborghia Uris or maserai what model oh ferrari which which model day.

33:51.13
Dora
But we'll see I I still want an issue be Yeah yeah.

33:54.95
Doug
Yep yep yeah well the urus is Suv ish.

33:58.23
Christian
You can't buy a ferrari California if you live in Texas you have to buy a ah you have to you? Well, it's the wrong state. You can't buy a cali they won't sell them. You have to go get a ferrari Texas ah oh Ferrari made a.

34:02.58
Dora
Why not.

34:09.44
Doug
It it doesn't work like that my god such not such a novice. Go back to your accurate Mdx. You don't know what you're at it. You're out of your league.

34:16.81
Christian
Ferrari would have to make a truck for it to be called the Ferrari Ex but you know what? yeah I am yeah all always always. It's a constant predicament of mine.

34:18.96
Dora
That's pretty funny I'm sheros already here.

34:30.66
Doug
Well, it's the 1 thing I can school you on. Thank you Dora.

34:32.31
Dora
Ah, well thank you for having me you guys.

34:33.51
Christian
Well thank you Dora you know what it was I've heard about you? Yeah I've heard about you for years and it was just so wonderful to hear your voice and if not meet you in person meet you over the interwebs. So thank you for making time and do you have any final parting thoughts or work up.

34:45.80
Dora
Yes.

34:52.62
Christian
Thoughts or words for the millions of people who are going to listen to this episode of to all the cars I've loved before.

34:58.33
Dora
I Just keep driving and yeah, give us some tips and yeah share with us. What are your favorite cars.

35:06.14
Christian
That is wonderful. Thank you? Well all right cars love nation. That's another episode in the book with another fantastic guest and so ensure that you are as I said at the top of the show. Please help us continue to grow. There's only so much multivitamins will do so follow the show download the episodes visit the website email us if you want to be on. You can be 1 of our listeners from all over the world podcast platforms listen wherever you get your podcast. You can get us. Email us directly I check email 300 times a day doug checks it 301 because he's an overachiever that's it this in the books doug at carslove.com christian at carslove.com she is Dora we will see you.

35:59.80
Dora
Ah, bye.

36:00.48
Christian
Next time bye.

36:03.30
Doug
Bye. Thank you.