I Love This Car - A Journey to Amelia Island

This week, it's been my living room, my thrill ride, my mechanical education, and my escape from responsibility. I don't care what anyone says; this car is absolute perfection. I love it so much that I didn't expect it to make it to Amelia Island without some kind of serious problem. But it's made it, and not only has it made it, but it hasn't slowed Freddie or Ed down one bit. It's just a perfect little car - the corvette c8 is perfect; it's fast, it hauls your golf bags, it does whatever you want it to do.

But what makes this car truly special is its personality and soul. A Ferrari has that something that you can't match with a mint engine. You just can't replicate it, and that's why I wouldn't be in any other car right now. This trip could not have gone better, and the fact that this car along with that Guyardo in that 360 we made it on a budget and we beat these cars up and they just came back for more. Man, this trip is just perfect.

We're here on a chilly night in Amelia Island after the heat stroke I enjoyed today didn't overheat again, and it's a testament to this car's reliability. But that's not all; there's something with the F1 gearbox, surprise surprise, reverse doesn't work sometimes in a lot of traffic in heat. I have to turn the car off and on again like an old computer, but none of your problems matter because we are here in Amelia Island.

We made it, guys, and this entire thing is Oliver's reality show - hold on to your hats. Tomorrow is for all the marbles; you'll take your cars to the Ritz-Carlton hotel where they will be judged by a representative of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. We know that your cars are far from the condition they normally expect cars to be in, but we have convinced one of their judges to evaluate each of your cars out of a possible score of 100 points.

Well, then he's gonna win; I mean it is cars terrible and way overpriced, and all we have things that I can hear it depreciating from here. But it's natural for the news car to win because it's the nicest. So, he cheats, and any wins that's not fair doesn't make any sense. Listen, man, you pick the right car, and you get all the prizes; that's exactly how the law works.

My friend, I'm pretty hungry now. If you liked this episode, be sure to check out the first few episodes where we choose our cheap supercars and start putting them to the test and try out our sponsor Auto Tempest - search all the top car listing sites at once for your next ride.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enpreviously on cart wreck auto tempest has told us to get here with our aging supercar hoop DS to have them appraised nope nope don't go back there nothing to see in the diffuser area I'll tell he's noticing that none of the panel's fit on your car oh no all right this is gonna hurt yeah we got 33 for you sir sorry you must go to the President's House and take a picture with your cars in front of it we have gotten inside Marlo go they said we have to rewrite right now this private property we call dr. equity cocaine cocaine a dealer very nice your next test will take your shady-looking rides to one of the most prestigious events in the world the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance you will receive instructions and a care package at your hotel room tomorrow morning try not to bogey this one up you know what that means Otto tempest call for a road trip wasn't unexpected but we had no idea what their care package entailed but since we were waiting for it to show up we figured we should make sure our cars were still mechanically ready to make the journey guys we've gone over a thousand miles and my car has only burned one litre of oil precisely within factory spec after road racing and drag racing and dyno pulls that's incredible how much is on the ground I missed a little bit but we're we're topped off we're ready to go and I'm excited Tyler how's your oil I checked it it's it's just barely the tip on the tip would you bring some more now well did you check it off or on off well I made that mistake with my first 360 you have to check it running oh really yes why don't we do that now just to make sure that you don't grenade your motor on our last leg of this journey okay Oh see exactly as it should be that's impressive that it didn't burn any at all he's working him pretty hard hold on ah kill this thing I got a text from Auto Tempest you've got just over 300 miles to get to Amelia Island and you must make it by sunset that's right Edie finally gets to cannonball but since we almost got you arrested last night oh they are seriously even though it's a club okay we're not going to try to do that today so this is not a street race but as a tentative cannonballing is to minimize your time stopped a pass for this leg will be to be stopped for less than 30 minutes total is that possible absolutely yeah we stopped for 46 minutes total from New York to Los Angeles ten times this far so yeah we can do that without any trouble so we're cannonballing today we'll go fast as well so that we have a little bit of a cushion in case you break down or nothing at all bad happens to my car I don't like going fast but you know I'll set the pace it'll be a blast a follow-up text and since Amelia Island is one of America's best-known golfing destinations and since the Corvette has always been renowned for its ability to accommodate multiple sets of golf clubs you must carry with you some golf clubs in each car I don't like I don't Bowl it's not something I do I didn't bring any yeah and where are we going to put it because I am packed jammed full oh oh hey what do we have here a little auto Tempest magic here properly and bought a mid-engine car where your storage would be here in the front this isn't funny this isn't funny just shut it no no no no it's just bleeped leave it alone do you have Lamborghini branded luggage yes it came with one of the cars not this one obviously it would have been ruined by the flood you bought it yourself didn't you I didn't uh promise you so well maybe I have an entire lounge that I can sit in and you have enough room for all your balls add your balls your balls I think I have the only car that's suited for this the c8 Corvette of course is famous for having room for golf clubs and luggage and this is basically a c8 Corvette sort of kinda not really long going always happens when I try to make a youtube video just shut up why would anyone do this there's a stupid sport played by people that just want to get drunk anyway no I hear men are good at 3d spaces and then we'll well buckle up for safety this is gonna go in here can't forget the helmet safety first guys I don't want to do this anymore eventually we secured our precious cargo and then headed for the highway at which point IDI had developed a newfound sense of friendly competition how fast have you gotten that 362 up on the railroad on my way down to your place Freddie I had a detour through Mexico and managed to get up to about 170 in this thing probably 300 miles an hour in real life our cars were making life work of Florida's famous arrow-straight highways which reminded me that some people in the audience might not know exactly what a cannonball is so I decided to conduct a little history lesson so the Cannonball Run was not just a wacky 1981 movie it was in fact a real thing and there were real people in real cars that raced from New York to Los Angeles several times in the 1970s and it kind of became this stuff of legend there were some continuation events after the Cannonball Baker sea to shining sea memorial trophy - finished in 1979 but now really is just idiots like me that decide to go out and see how fast they can do it and in 2013 the co-driver and I drove from the red ball parking garage in Manhattan to the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach in just 28 hours 50 minutes we averaged 100.3 miles an hour over the road 98 miles an hour overall now that record was beaten late last year but I held it for about six years and it's a big part of my life I love a road trip and for me it was really that holy grail of road trips this great American idea how far and how fast we can derive so we get to do a little bit of that today it's not gonna be a breakneck pace because none of us are gonna make tremendous time it is spring break season here in South Florida so police patrolling will probably be at a maximum of course speeding tickets are sometimes a cost of doing business when it comes to cannonballing and a life but at the end of the day it's really not that big of a deal it's probably going on about how he won the cannon ball and how this is about efficiency and blah blah blah blah blah and I have a voice like this I just want my car to get there in one piece and preferably not in prison and that would be bad clearly added ready scars are a lot faster than - as I said - for height do not care Landis Louis I'm using the best experience very comfortable open subscribing is it speed downright glorious Moses 360 is so I just took a look at the map and it turns out that in order to get where we're going on time we have to average basically the speed limit the entire way and that might sound not too hard if only for the fact that we have to basically not stop at all 30 minutes doesn't sound like a lot but for three supercars that are just eating and eating and eating gasoline that is that's a tall order so let me tell you a quick story the first real real nice car that I've had was an Aston Martin Vantage it was a v8 Vantage of 2007 I actually bought it from Doug to Bureau and that was the first car that I bought from somebody that had been sorted it was totally fine it didn't have any mechanical issues and it was an exotic car now exotic is it's in air quotes because it only cost me thirty six thousand dollars which is the price I'll put to you at a Camry but I bought it I loved it it was everything I wanted it to be I modified it a little bit gave it a better suspension gave it better exhaust and then I sold it because I wanted to do more with my channel and I needed some money for that but ever since then I missed that car so very very much I missed the fact that every time I got in it even though it wasn't really a Lamborghini or Ferrari it was an event it was cathartic stepping on the gas pedal and having that car be mine and make that noise that that was just heaven for me and for me to experience that all over again with something with more power something with more refinement and something that looks as good as this does I can't imagine well I was just about to finish up but thanks I know we're all wrong about these cars being better than a c8 Corvette and I know that these keyboard warriors that chimed in every time we mention an exotic car are really not wrong about how good a c8 is but I just don't care all of these cars we've proven are fast enough they handle well enough they go fast enough around a track they don't need to be the biggest baddest latest greatest wonderful whatever thing that somebody can create this is older this is cooler this is better and at the very least we're not trying as hard as going out and buying a brand-new ca4 vette I didn't notice that my car was so much better than everyone else's that it wanted to demonstrate its superiority in another way by having the highest coolant temperature normally is what do you think we should pull over because your car's math textbook you see any fire coming on the back of it I wouldn't be firing it would be a beastie variety cup and it just died alright alright it restarted but I don't think it's too happy I put the roof up to not die of exposure and I have been running the air conditioning I guess those days might be departing us I know you know a lot more about mechanical things than I do it's not the gas cap no convincing EDD that the problem was not the fault of his gas cap already took three minutes away from our aloud stop time and the Guyardo was hanging on by a thread it definitely needed to cool down before the next leg of the journey and this meant that our 30-minute time limit would be wiped out in our first stop so we had lunch and after we ate IDI told us that he had found a very elegant solution to his cooling issues all right you drive a 1950 Ford pickup truck that's not how it works it's an old wives tale that's how it works that is not how it looks well it's cooled down now here Tyler you hold back no pressure that's not yeah it's a it's past is the fingertip test it's it's it's not that low okay what does that mean that means that your car is probably heat soaking a bit because you're going too fast and there's some air pockets in your cooling system so yours we're gonna have to do you're gonna have to drive a lot slower no and you were going to have to blast the heat the entire time what yeah I can't do that your cars are gonna make it if you don't well I'd rather break down and go fast then go slow listen man it's up to you but I I need to get to Amelia I don't want to be on the side of the road like this we've already wasted so much time and you're the cannon ball guy here so I mean what did you get easy yeah just chill I have to run what they need on yes with its flooded failure on bent wheels finally not boiling out the only water it's supposed to have we drop the pace down to a smooth 5 miles per hour under the speed limit something which made mr. Boeing and not like this challenge very much anymore exotic chords are terrible for patrons the vibration hurts two hours in 25 minutes prior to that forehead he looks miserable got an idea to give a little refreshed it's not looking like he's in a very good shape but this car is perfect I have my AC set at the lowest setting no matter how honey gets outside I'm not getting any sunburn because of course I have a hardtop in life cannot be better literally cannot get any better than it is right now but then we experienced another kind of breakdown which had nothing to do with our cars looks like Tyler has to go with Tyler's bladder level decreased in our fuel levels increased Tyler and I decided to go exploring and we found that we had discovered the most Florida of Florida rest stops I found some souvenirs and we decided to slap some local flavor onto the back of Freddy's Aston Martin I ran it right over in your head sorry about that you are Florida man for a good 15 minutes back for all Florida men about to finish the last leg of our journey but not before Tyler insisted that we get off the highway to take the scenic route Tyler has brought us to a ferry gentlemen welcome to Amelia Islands what'd he say my girl okay absolutely we did we didn't beat the time that's for sure we were stopped for for two but it was somebody's fault yes your car this is some of the prettiest road I have ever driven on you guys are in for a treat that is beautiful I think we should do something bad we haven't done this entire trip let's just have fun with our cars they're driving as they should hopefully gonna pull up hope none yes of course probably convenience L think so close to water right now any going right oh yeah it's a little scared of the water right now is since we had now officially reached Amelia Island with our cargo intact for the most part we made sure that it got to its final destination safe and sound but then a funny thing happened that scenic road Tyler was talking about we found it looking back on what we'd done over the last several days it would have been foolish to think that these cars would have survived at the start of this journey we set out to prove that our cheap exotics were better than the newest Corvette and through a relentless trial by fire our cars showed their almost countless flaws but they never gave up even with gruelling drag launches hard road racing miles that exposed leaking drivetrains and shattered egos breakdown after breakdown botched bubbledom repairs panic-inducing dyno runs and road trips that tested our ability to stay out of trouble and keep our sanity in the hot Sun these cars these amazing magnificent cars kept going we can do this we can do this what if my last name was was Trump what yes if you compare numbers see a Corvette would have been better there's no question about that but when it comes to things you can't see on a graph like the sense of satisfaction for a repair well done a kind word said by a total stranger or an adventurer between three friends that don't remember for the rest of their lives I didn't want to be anywhere else except on this road in this car and something told me we were all feeling the same way a year ago this car was underwater three weeks ago it wouldn't go over 50 miles per hour its body panels are falling off some of them are even missing only recently will it accept gas and its fuel gauge remains identified it's leaked gallon after gallon of coolant and the differential had to remind me that it might be filled with water it fights going fast and it will shake your teeth out at the speed limit it has become an involuntary sauna to me and I'm not sure the smell of mold and perspiration will ever leave it I may look like a drug dealer a Ponzi scheme operator or someone who won the lottery 15 years ago but I do not care I love this car this week it's been my living room my thrill ride my mechanical education and my escape from responsibility these guys can say all they want but no one will ever convince me that this car is anything short of absolute perfection I gotta tell you I love this car I love it so much but I really didn't expect it to make it here to Amelia Island without some kind of serious serious problem but it's made it but not only has it made it this car being the oldest and the slowest and supposedly the least reliable has won the most challenges by a lot and it hasn't slowed Freddie or ed down one bit it's just in a perfect plucky little car what Perfect's not the right word the corvette c8 is perfect it's fast it hauls your golf bags it does whatever you want it to do but do you really want that kind of practicality in a car that's your extra car that you're not gonna drive every day that's why people have been putting up with Ferraris for 50 years all of their quirks and issues and everything and moving the engine to the back with the Corvette making a mint engine isn't going to fix the personality the soul of that car like what a Ferrari has you just can't match it and that's why I wouldn't be in any other car right now it's amazing everything that I asked of this amazing car it's just been given with no issues hasn't given me any errors any warning lights not even a stumble because as we know the best car is always going to be a naturally aspirated v12 this trip could not have gone better and the fact that this car along with that Guyardo in that 360 we made it on a budget and we beat these cars up and they just came back for more man this trip is just perfect all right we're here oh yeah I am very thankful for a chilly night here in Amelia Island after the heat stroke that I enjoyed today didn't overheat again it didn't but it's it's our it's mad and every possible since the word mine is not doing well either there's something with the f1 gearbox surprise surprise reverse doesn't work sometimes in a lot of traffic in heat I have to turn the car off and on again like an old computer that does not matter okay none of your problems matter because we are here in Amelia Island we made it guys this entire thing is Oliver hold on a text from Otto Tempest huh welcome to Amelia Island we cannot believe you've survived this long but it is not over yet Oh tomorrow is for all the marbles you will take your cars to the ritz-carlton hotel where they will be judged by a representative of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance we know that your cars are far from the condition they normally expect cars to be in but we have convinced one of their judges to evaluate each of your cars out of a possible score of 100 points well then he's gonna win I mean it is cars terrible and way overpriced and all we have things that I can hear it depreciating from here but it's natural for the news car to win cos it's the nicest so he cheats any wins that's not fair it doesn't make any sense listen man you you pick the right car and you get all the prizes that's exactly how the law works my friend another text another text the raw score will not be the final answer each pass you have achieved along the journey will count as an additional ten points to your score so I've got to you got to how many did you get four oh so I probably still have no prayer at this but 20 extra points yeah that that's gonna make a big difference because your car has original paint mine actually doesn't it has issues though it is certainly far far far from original which is what concur people like so that means that we have to spend the night cleaning out cars my least favorite thing to do I was just getting used to these stickers okay so jeez bond-athon said yes if I sense it even a kill shut up there for you I don't I don't think that that's what blast does when it's shot but okay yeah it's such a reflection of your personality yes food for us peel peel for you and Google can you can you get me some give me some food though guys seriously I'm pretty hungry can you get me some food no really if you liked this episode be sure to check out the first few episodes where we choose our cheap supercars and start putting them to the test and try out our sponsor Auto tempest calm to search all the top car listing sites at once for your next ride youpreviously on cart wreck auto tempest has told us to get here with our aging supercar hoop DS to have them appraised nope nope don't go back there nothing to see in the diffuser area I'll tell he's noticing that none of the panel's fit on your car oh no all right this is gonna hurt yeah we got 33 for you sir sorry you must go to the President's House and take a picture with your cars in front of it we have gotten inside Marlo go they said we have to rewrite right now this private property we call dr. equity cocaine cocaine a dealer very nice your next test will take your shady-looking rides to one of the most prestigious events in the world the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance you will receive instructions and a care package at your hotel room tomorrow morning try not to bogey this one up you know what that means Otto tempest call for a road trip wasn't unexpected but we had no idea what their care package entailed but since we were waiting for it to show up we figured we should make sure our cars were still mechanically ready to make the journey guys we've gone over a thousand miles and my car has only burned one litre of oil precisely within factory spec after road racing and drag racing and dyno pulls that's incredible how much is on the ground I missed a little bit but we're we're topped off we're ready to go and I'm excited Tyler how's your oil I checked it it's it's just barely the tip on the tip would you bring some more now well did you check it off or on off well I made that mistake with my first 360 you have to check it running oh really yes why don't we do that now just to make sure that you don't grenade your motor on our last leg of this journey okay Oh see exactly as it should be that's impressive that it didn't burn any at all he's working him pretty hard hold on ah kill this thing I got a text from Auto Tempest you've got just over 300 miles to get to Amelia Island and you must make it by sunset that's right Edie finally gets to cannonball but since we almost got you arrested last night oh they are seriously even though it's a club okay we're not going to try to do that today so this is not a street race but as a tentative cannonballing is to minimize your time stopped a pass for this leg will be to be stopped for less than 30 minutes total is that possible absolutely yeah we stopped for 46 minutes total from New York to Los Angeles ten times this far so yeah we can do that without any trouble so we're cannonballing today we'll go fast as well so that we have a little bit of a cushion in case you break down or nothing at all bad happens to my car I don't like going fast but you know I'll set the pace it'll be a blast a follow-up text and since Amelia Island is one of America's best-known golfing destinations and since the Corvette has always been renowned for its ability to accommodate multiple sets of golf clubs you must carry with you some golf clubs in each car I don't like I don't Bowl it's not something I do I didn't bring any yeah and where are we going to put it because I am packed jammed full oh oh hey what do we have here a little auto Tempest magic here properly and bought a mid-engine car where your storage would be here in the front this isn't funny this isn't funny just shut it no no no no it's just bleeped leave it alone do you have Lamborghini branded luggage yes it came with one of the cars not this one obviously it would have been ruined by the flood you bought it yourself didn't you I didn't uh promise you so well maybe I have an entire lounge that I can sit in and you have enough room for all your balls add your balls your balls I think I have the only car that's suited for this the c8 Corvette of course is famous for having room for golf clubs and luggage and this is basically a c8 Corvette sort of kinda not really long going always happens when I try to make a youtube video just shut up why would anyone do this there's a stupid sport played by people that just want to get drunk anyway no I hear men are good at 3d spaces and then we'll well buckle up for safety this is gonna go in here can't forget the helmet safety first guys I don't want to do this anymore eventually we secured our precious cargo and then headed for the highway at which point IDI had developed a newfound sense of friendly competition how fast have you gotten that 362 up on the railroad on my way down to your place Freddie I had a detour through Mexico and managed to get up to about 170 in this thing probably 300 miles an hour in real life our cars were making life work of Florida's famous arrow-straight highways which reminded me that some people in the audience might not know exactly what a cannonball is so I decided to conduct a little history lesson so the Cannonball Run was not just a wacky 1981 movie it was in fact a real thing and there were real people in real cars that raced from New York to Los Angeles several times in the 1970s and it kind of became this stuff of legend there were some continuation events after the Cannonball Baker sea to shining sea memorial trophy - finished in 1979 but now really is just idiots like me that decide to go out and see how fast they can do it and in 2013 the co-driver and I drove from the red ball parking garage in Manhattan to the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach in just 28 hours 50 minutes we averaged 100.3 miles an hour over the road 98 miles an hour overall now that record was beaten late last year but I held it for about six years and it's a big part of my life I love a road trip and for me it was really that holy grail of road trips this great American idea how far and how fast we can derive so we get to do a little bit of that today it's not gonna be a breakneck pace because none of us are gonna make tremendous time it is spring break season here in South Florida so police patrolling will probably be at a maximum of course speeding tickets are sometimes a cost of doing business when it comes to cannonballing and a life but at the end of the day it's really not that big of a deal it's probably going on about how he won the cannon ball and how this is about efficiency and blah blah blah blah blah and I have a voice like this I just want my car to get there in one piece and preferably not in prison and that would be bad clearly added ready scars are a lot faster than - as I said - for height do not care Landis Louis I'm using the best experience very comfortable open subscribing is it speed downright glorious Moses 360 is so I just took a look at the map and it turns out that in order to get where we're going on time we have to average basically the speed limit the entire way and that might sound not too hard if only for the fact that we have to basically not stop at all 30 minutes doesn't sound like a lot but for three supercars that are just eating and eating and eating gasoline that is that's a tall order so let me tell you a quick story the first real real nice car that I've had was an Aston Martin Vantage it was a v8 Vantage of 2007 I actually bought it from Doug to Bureau and that was the first car that I bought from somebody that had been sorted it was totally fine it didn't have any mechanical issues and it was an exotic car now exotic is it's in air quotes because it only cost me thirty six thousand dollars which is the price I'll put to you at a Camry but I bought it I loved it it was everything I wanted it to be I modified it a little bit gave it a better suspension gave it better exhaust and then I sold it because I wanted to do more with my channel and I needed some money for that but ever since then I missed that car so very very much I missed the fact that every time I got in it even though it wasn't really a Lamborghini or Ferrari it was an event it was cathartic stepping on the gas pedal and having that car be mine and make that noise that that was just heaven for me and for me to experience that all over again with something with more power something with more refinement and something that looks as good as this does I can't imagine well I was just about to finish up but thanks I know we're all wrong about these cars being better than a c8 Corvette and I know that these keyboard warriors that chimed in every time we mention an exotic car are really not wrong about how good a c8 is but I just don't care all of these cars we've proven are fast enough they handle well enough they go fast enough around a track they don't need to be the biggest baddest latest greatest wonderful whatever thing that somebody can create this is older this is cooler this is better and at the very least we're not trying as hard as going out and buying a brand-new ca4 vette I didn't notice that my car was so much better than everyone else's that it wanted to demonstrate its superiority in another way by having the highest coolant temperature normally is what do you think we should pull over because your car's math textbook you see any fire coming on the back of it I wouldn't be firing it would be a beastie variety cup and it just died alright alright it restarted but I don't think it's too happy I put the roof up to not die of exposure and I have been running the air conditioning I guess those days might be departing us I know you know a lot more about mechanical things than I do it's not the gas cap no convincing EDD that the problem was not the fault of his gas cap already took three minutes away from our aloud stop time and the Guyardo was hanging on by a thread it definitely needed to cool down before the next leg of the journey and this meant that our 30-minute time limit would be wiped out in our first stop so we had lunch and after we ate IDI told us that he had found a very elegant solution to his cooling issues all right you drive a 1950 Ford pickup truck that's not how it works it's an old wives tale that's how it works that is not how it looks well it's cooled down now here Tyler you hold back no pressure that's not yeah it's a it's past is the fingertip test it's it's it's not that low okay what does that mean that means that your car is probably heat soaking a bit because you're going too fast and there's some air pockets in your cooling system so yours we're gonna have to do you're gonna have to drive a lot slower no and you were going to have to blast the heat the entire time what yeah I can't do that your cars are gonna make it if you don't well I'd rather break down and go fast then go slow listen man it's up to you but I I need to get to Amelia I don't want to be on the side of the road like this we've already wasted so much time and you're the cannon ball guy here so I mean what did you get easy yeah just chill I have to run what they need on yes with its flooded failure on bent wheels finally not boiling out the only water it's supposed to have we drop the pace down to a smooth 5 miles per hour under the speed limit something which made mr. Boeing and not like this challenge very much anymore exotic chords are terrible for patrons the vibration hurts two hours in 25 minutes prior to that forehead he looks miserable got an idea to give a little refreshed it's not looking like he's in a very good shape but this car is perfect I have my AC set at the lowest setting no matter how honey gets outside I'm not getting any sunburn because of course I have a hardtop in life cannot be better literally cannot get any better than it is right now but then we experienced another kind of breakdown which had nothing to do with our cars looks like Tyler has to go with Tyler's bladder level decreased in our fuel levels increased Tyler and I decided to go exploring and we found that we had discovered the most Florida of Florida rest stops I found some souvenirs and we decided to slap some local flavor onto the back of Freddy's Aston Martin I ran it right over in your head sorry about that you are Florida man for a good 15 minutes back for all Florida men about to finish the last leg of our journey but not before Tyler insisted that we get off the highway to take the scenic route Tyler has brought us to a ferry gentlemen welcome to Amelia Islands what'd he say my girl okay absolutely we did we didn't beat the time that's for sure we were stopped for for two but it was somebody's fault yes your car this is some of the prettiest road I have ever driven on you guys are in for a treat that is beautiful I think we should do something bad we haven't done this entire trip let's just have fun with our cars they're driving as they should hopefully gonna pull up hope none yes of course probably convenience L think so close to water right now any going right oh yeah it's a little scared of the water right now is since we had now officially reached Amelia Island with our cargo intact for the most part we made sure that it got to its final destination safe and sound but then a funny thing happened that scenic road Tyler was talking about we found it looking back on what we'd done over the last several days it would have been foolish to think that these cars would have survived at the start of this journey we set out to prove that our cheap exotics were better than the newest Corvette and through a relentless trial by fire our cars showed their almost countless flaws but they never gave up even with gruelling drag launches hard road racing miles that exposed leaking drivetrains and shattered egos breakdown after breakdown botched bubbledom repairs panic-inducing dyno runs and road trips that tested our ability to stay out of trouble and keep our sanity in the hot Sun these cars these amazing magnificent cars kept going we can do this we can do this what if my last name was was Trump what yes if you compare numbers see a Corvette would have been better there's no question about that but when it comes to things you can't see on a graph like the sense of satisfaction for a repair well done a kind word said by a total stranger or an adventurer between three friends that don't remember for the rest of their lives I didn't want to be anywhere else except on this road in this car and something told me we were all feeling the same way a year ago this car was underwater three weeks ago it wouldn't go over 50 miles per hour its body panels are falling off some of them are even missing only recently will it accept gas and its fuel gauge remains identified it's leaked gallon after gallon of coolant and the differential had to remind me that it might be filled with water it fights going fast and it will shake your teeth out at the speed limit it has become an involuntary sauna to me and I'm not sure the smell of mold and perspiration will ever leave it I may look like a drug dealer a Ponzi scheme operator or someone who won the lottery 15 years ago but I do not care I love this car this week it's been my living room my thrill ride my mechanical education and my escape from responsibility these guys can say all they want but no one will ever convince me that this car is anything short of absolute perfection I gotta tell you I love this car I love it so much but I really didn't expect it to make it here to Amelia Island without some kind of serious serious problem but it's made it but not only has it made it this car being the oldest and the slowest and supposedly the least reliable has won the most challenges by a lot and it hasn't slowed Freddie or ed down one bit it's just in a perfect plucky little car what Perfect's not the right word the corvette c8 is perfect it's fast it hauls your golf bags it does whatever you want it to do but do you really want that kind of practicality in a car that's your extra car that you're not gonna drive every day that's why people have been putting up with Ferraris for 50 years all of their quirks and issues and everything and moving the engine to the back with the Corvette making a mint engine isn't going to fix the personality the soul of that car like what a Ferrari has you just can't match it and that's why I wouldn't be in any other car right now it's amazing everything that I asked of this amazing car it's just been given with no issues hasn't given me any errors any warning lights not even a stumble because as we know the best car is always going to be a naturally aspirated v12 this trip could not have gone better and the fact that this car along with that Guyardo in that 360 we made it on a budget and we beat these cars up and they just came back for more man this trip is just perfect all right we're here oh yeah I am very thankful for a chilly night here in Amelia Island after the heat stroke that I enjoyed today didn't overheat again it didn't but it's it's our it's mad and every possible since the word mine is not doing well either there's something with the f1 gearbox surprise surprise reverse doesn't work sometimes in a lot of traffic in heat I have to turn the car off and on again like an old computer that does not matter okay none of your problems matter because we are here in Amelia Island we made it guys this entire thing is Oliver hold on a text from Otto Tempest huh welcome to Amelia Island we cannot believe you've survived this long but it is not over yet Oh tomorrow is for all the marbles you will take your cars to the ritz-carlton hotel where they will be judged by a representative of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance we know that your cars are far from the condition they normally expect cars to be in but we have convinced one of their judges to evaluate each of your cars out of a possible score of 100 points well then he's gonna win I mean it is cars terrible and way overpriced and all we have things that I can hear it depreciating from here but it's natural for the news car to win cos it's the nicest so he cheats any wins that's not fair it doesn't make any sense listen man you you pick the right car and you get all the prizes that's exactly how the law works my friend another text another text the raw score will not be the final answer each pass you have achieved along the journey will count as an additional ten points to your score so I've got to you got to how many did you get four oh so I probably still have no prayer at this but 20 extra points yeah that that's gonna make a big difference because your car has original paint mine actually doesn't it has issues though it is certainly far far far from original which is what concur people like so that means that we have to spend the night cleaning out cars my least favorite thing to do I was just getting used to these stickers okay so jeez bond-athon said yes if I sense it even a kill shut up there for you I don't I don't think that that's what blast does when it's shot but okay yeah it's such a reflection of your personality yes food for us peel peel for you and Google can you can you get me some give me some food though guys seriously I'm pretty hungry can you get me some food no really if you liked this 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