About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Brian Elich about cars, trade-ins, and the current automotive market.

Our good friend Brian Elich is back on the show, and we’re catching up the only way we know how—talking cars and bad financial decisions. This time around we get into trade-ins, specifically whether it actually makes sense to de-tune your car before handing over the keys. The answer? It depends… and probably not how you’d hope. Brian’s been busy since the last time he was on, so we run through his latest additions (none of them boring, obviously), and then jump into what’s happening in the market right now. We talk about the slow death of the V10—and why it’s probably not coming back—plus Corvette casually smashing the Pikes Peak production record with the ZR1X. We also get into the totally-not-controversial Nitro Circus America situation, relive some of the worst mods we’ve ever done, and talk about how we somehow ended up loving cars we don’t even want to touch anymore. The Avants Podcast is brought to you by our friends at STEK USA and Carter Seattle! Not an Avants member? https://www.avants.com/member-plans Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Leave us a voicemail or send us a text any time at 425-298-7873! We're doing give aways! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and we'll…

People in this episode

Host: Avants

Guest: Brian Elich

Topics covered

• cars
• financial decisions
• trade-ins
• automotive market
• V10 engine
• Corvette
• Nitro Circus

Keywords

• detune
• trade-ins
• V10
• Corvette
• Nitro Circus
• automotive market
• financial decisions

Sponsors

STEК USA, Carter Seattle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Avants

Products: ZR1X

Places: America

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