Tran Girlismo

Hello! On this bonus episode, Victoria and Jordan have watched Ford v. Ferrari (2019) and here to break it down for y'all on what we thought of it. This is not a commentary track; ideally, you can listen to this without ever having seen the movie and still sort of get an idea of what the movie is and what we think of it (imagine our friends over at Be Gay Solve Crime or Kill James Bond!)
As an aside, for our own workload and sanity, we are switching the format to four total episodes per month - i.e., this bonus episode takes the place of this week's main episode. Having burnt out before with other creative projects, we're both trying to avoid doing that with this one, and one episode a week is much more sustainable for us for both recording and editing. We will be back next week with a free episode about Everything That Has Happened!

Hello and a heads up for the start of this episode: We discuss the recent murder of Seattle resident, UW student, and trans woman Juniper Blessing. We recorded this episode the day after her name was announced, and we were both extremely distraught. We discuss the ridiculous cruelty of her death and the general sadness of living as a trans person in the modern American world. If you find this triggering and upsetting and would like to skip it (which trust me, I get it if you do), the mainline episode begins at 7:58.
Today, in the actual episode, Jordan and Vicki go to the bank and take all their oil out, because the banks are out of Group III Base Oils!!! (Victoria does indeed go John Oliver mode again about base oils btw, hope y'all enjoy that.) Then, Jordan describes a perfect car which is totally illegal to buy (thanks to one weird trick Hyundai DOESN'T want you to KNOW). Then we discuss the fact that we all live in the Fast and Furious Cinematic Universe, forever, as NBC is making like four shows. Maybe. Who knows anymore tbh.
As always, our theme song is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator.
Referenced Stories:
Gwen Howerton's Story About Texas -> Seattle Refugees @Chron
ILMA/DOE Talks On Base Oil Supply Chain @ILMA
Texas City Disaster (Vol. II) @Well There's Your Problem YouTube
Group III Pricing Chaos @JobbersWorld
ILMA Expectations Of Supply Pressure Through 2027 @CNBC
Bimmerpost Poster With The Lathe Of Heaven @Bimmerpost
Ioniq 6 Canned For America @CarAndDriver
Ioniq 6 Stop-Sale Recall @People
Fast And Furious Forever And Ever And Ever @Hollywood Reporter
The Receipts For Paul Walker Dating Teenage Girls When He Was Well Into His Thirties @Jalopnik
The Receipts For Jerry Seinfeld Dating A Teenage Girl When He Was Almost Forty @Collider

Hello! On this episode, Jordan and I divert from our episode plans to discuss The Shirt. Jordan then explains to Vicki her experiences playing the newest entry in her personal BDS-Compliant-Forza-Horizon series, The Crew: Motorfest. (It's not very good.) Next we laugh at some rich people who might face consequences for (allegedly) dodging taxes in California with the Montana plate loophole, and then Vicki goes down a wormhole about the Other MBS.
To check out Jordan's photo gallery for Pittsburgh peeps, check out pittbert.gay! Submit this week if you want to submit your work!!!

As always, our opening theme is off horse tranquilizer simulator by Stella Spazzatura!
Vicki Posting Too Hard Music:
"Local Forecast - Elevator" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Referenced Stories:
Indycar Removes Shirt After Uproar @HuffPost
Also, adding this comment Indycar released since we recorded:
"A shirt was removed from INDYCAR’s online store following feedback from customers. We understand that some individuals found its phrasing concerning and therefore have remedied the situation."
Lotta words to not apologize but I guess at least it's gone
Hannibal Buress Apple Juice Skit @Youtube
What About NASCAR??? Vine @Youtube
Trump/Lula Presser Cancelled @MSN
Todd Warner Wearing Trump Cape @The Intercept
Abagail Spanberger Totally Chickened Out Since We Recorded This Episode @Cardinal News
Nike Ballroom Poll @Newsweek
BDS Movement Overview of Microsoft @BDSMovement
The Crew: Motorfest @Ubisoft
California Charges Bunch Of Rich Assholes With Tax Evasion Crimes @Hagerty
Montana Plates Include Epstein's Jet @Bloomberg
CA Lost Revenue Estimates @CDFTA
FIA Giving Up On Woke Shit @Reuters
MBS Named UN Tourism Ambassador @TTNWorldwide
FIA Bars Drivers From Having Opinions @Reuters
FIA Swearing Ban @AP
Insanely Racist Quote From MBS @BBC
Hamilton's Unmentionable Piercing @Reddit
Verstappen's Silence At Saudi GP 2025 @AP
Rally Drivers Protest Swearing Ban @AP
FIA Veep Resigns, Protests @AP
Ben Cussons Dismissed @BBC
New Restrictive NDA @BBC
Nagorno-Karabakh Forced Expulsion Considered A War Crime @Reuters
Ilham Aliyev Person of the Year Award @Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Azerbaijani Laundromat @Wikipedia
Tim Mayer Comments @Motorsport.com

Hello! On this episode we are joined by Matt Farah of The Smoking Tire and Westside Collector Car Storage! First we discuss what it's like to write with a leftist bent for Road & Track (hint: difficult). Then we discuss Matt's latest piece on the ridiculous high-end market and scraps for the rest of us (it's a great piece, we talked about it before on here!) Then, Rivian has a Dril Candles Tweet Moment with its CEO compensation. Finally, we ask Matt what his favorite sub-$10,000 beater car is.
Thanks so much to Matt for joining us, definitely check out The Smoking Tire if you somehow haven't already (but if you're here, you probably have).
As always our theme song is from Horse Tranquilizer Simulator by Stella Spazzatura!
Referenced Stories:
Matt's interview with immigration attorney Sergio Siderman @TheSmokingTirePodcast
O'Rourke obit @National Review
Affordability crisis piece by Matt Farah @Road & Track
Boom Aerospace Pivoting To AI @Boom Aerospace
The AI-Generated Spoof Instagram Channel Jordan & Matt Discuss @Instagram
Rivian Sales Numbers + RJ Scaringe Pay Package $403M @Carscoops
Chad Kirchener's post @Bluesky
Rivian R2 Overlook @MotorTrend
Rivian's lack of sale bump right before tax credits ended @Yahoo
Please Help Me Budget My Family Is Dying @X
Jim Cramer Says Buy Rivian @247WallSt
Stop Asking Me What Car I Would Buy by Matt Farah @Road & Track
Victoria on Matt's Show @TheSmokingTirePodcast
The No Fucks Given RX-7 @TheSmokingTirePodcast

Hello! On this episode of Well Ther—I mean Tran Girlismo, the girls are joined by Liam McAnderson of the wonderful podcasts Ten Thousand Losses and Well There's Your Problem! First, Liam and Jordan commiserate about Pennsylvania sports and abysmal traffic infrastructure. Next, Victoria dives into her Charts Analysis of how unaffordable it is to own a car right now (very) from her article you can read on this very Patreon! Next, we get into the Tesla Roadster, which is apparently supposed to come out in like a week. Did you know how long Elon's been saying "next week bro"?
Finally, in honor of Liam's appearance, Victoria delves into the history of the Dodge Viper, the glorious machine that it is, and everyone chooses the chariot they would most want to spin out flaming into a wall with.

Note: We have some moments where the audio "skips" for names that shouldn't be said out loud, actionable threats, etc. It is intentional because bleeps are startling.
Our opening theme is from Horse Tranquilizer Simulator by Stella Spazzatura, as always!
Referenced Stories:
[all of the links in the Vibecession section of the show come via the article I wrote]
"Unforgivable reliability issues" In Long-Term Giulia Quad @CarAndDriver
Victoria's longform piece on pedestrian safety @Motor1
Rob Saka Calls For Vision Zero Audit @Seattle City Blog
Helsinki and Oslo Vision Zero Success @The Guardian
Big Mac Index @Wikipedia
Roadster coming in May (jerk-off motion fart sound) @Road&Track
Roadster Coming On April 1st @Road&Track
Musk Comments About Peter Thiel @electricvehicles
Tesla Roadster Coming In 2014 @TheVerge
Tesla Roadster Coming In 2019 @Tesla Blog
Tesla Roadster Coming In 2020 @The Guardian
Tesla Roadster Battery Range Is Bullshit @Bloomberg
Real Men Don't Eat Quiche (apparently a real book that Vicki just did not know existed, Jordan called it) @Wikipedia
Tesla Roadster Will Have SpaceX Package @elektrek
Tesla Roadster SpaceX Package Will Fly @autoblog
Chaparral 2J Longform Story @Road&Track
Tesla Roadster Coming In 2021 @elektrek
Tesla Roadster Coming In 2022 @TheVerge
Tesla Roadster Coming In 2023 @MotorTrend
Tesla Roadster Coming In 2024 @Teslarati
Tesla Roadster Coming In 2025 And Also It Does 0-60 In Less Than One Second @CarAndDriver
Lucid Air Sapphire Does 0-60 In 1.77 Seconds (I regret the .01 second error) @YouTube
Behind The Wheel At Chrysler by Doron Levin @Amazon
Viper SRT-10 ACR Nordschleife Record
Viper GTC Tested @CarAndDriver
The Best Amateur Racer In The World @Hemmings
VLF Force 1 V10 @MotorAuthority
The Mom That Won The GTA V Banshee (Turns out that WEST COAST CUSTOMS (the Pimp My Ride guys) built it lmfao) @CarThrottle
Chrysler Firepower @Wikipedia
Dodge Copperhead @Wikipedia

THE VIPER QUESTION
LIAM'S CHOICE:
JORDAN'S CHOICE:
VICTORIA'S CHOICE: