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@@dangerdylan5005 I can't post any part of the title just search G.B. and the podcast mentioned. It is crazy the similarities to what is happening today.
How did "Swallow Falls" @11:10 get by without even so much as a giggle? That's hilarious, especially considering the conversation directly bookending it!
"In today's somber episode we cover the tragic story of how a soulless corporation killed 250 people and tried to cover it up." James: *PAST GAS PODCAST ITS ABOUT CARS IT NOT ABOUT FARTS!*
RUclips is actively deleting my comments. I'm trying to link an interview by Glenn Beck that mentions Ford and GM violating ITAR in WW2 by selling goods to Germany. Podcast Episode 97
@@marcbeebee6969 if you think companies shouldn't be held responsible for their part in genocide, that says a lot about your state of mind. Also, I really couldn't give a shit about who else has the same last name as me.
@@DawsonTyson mate we where having a good time and where trying to engage you in friendly conversation. Of course these companies are responsible. But don't worry never bought a Ford or Firestone, how about you worrior? Why you so aggressiv and upset.? Corona restrictions have finally been relaxed we should all be happy and friendly.
@@marcbeebee6969 😐 driven a few, but no I've never owned a Ford. Not sure I'd buy new right now anyway. These atrocities are still taking place and being funded by the same companies as then and even more now. (W.E.F. An action plan for the media and culture industry)
Just want to point out being a Ford technician that worked in the dealership during this recall. The Firestone wilderness at tires lasted forever and would dry rot and that’s what caused this to occur. As y’all stated at the beginning of the podcast the tires were on that guys vehicle for a decade no tire should be on a vehicle for more than 5 years. These tires you could see were about to lose the tread and we would recommend replacing the tires on customers vehicles all the time even though there would be more than half the tread left on the tire you could see a crack that went around the tire at the edge of the side wall
I’m from Decatur Illinois. One of the best episodes in my opinion. Amazing research done as always! This is a great episode. I had family members working at the Firestone Plant at the time. It was a huge deal in our city. My uncle who had worked there and said it was a mess. Again amazing episode!
Can't wait until it's trendy to be a Donut Podcast listeners here in the UK. Will be great to say I've listened to every episode, b2b, everything you need to know, science garage etc. Sending love to you guys from Northampton!
What I find darkly funny with this story, (mind you, I was in high school when this was going on) in retrospect. Folks that bought these for off-roading would've likely almost immediately changed out the factory tires & rims for rims that were more beefy & tires that were more aggressive, essentially saving their lives...
Thank you guys for making these! I watched all your videos on facebook and was ecstatic when i found your past gas series. I traded TV for you guys. Thanks for all the laughs you have given me. I love you all
Just got a recall done on my Mazda. The local dealership did a free inspection on my car and found out some maintenance stuff that I've gotta take care of. I'm glad I took it in, if I'll be honest. Got to test drive the new Mazda 3, and holy hell that's a fun lil car.
I think this is the third podcast where Goodyear has helped Ford out after Firestone failed. First in Le Mans where the Firestones fell apart on Mclarens GT40, in Fordlandia where the Goodyear advisor told them not to build there, and now with Ford pointing out the Goodyear tires didn't fail on the SUV. Jeez.
I will never forget winter of 2017 here in Ft Worth, TX.(Christmas Day) Driving my 1st vehicle a 1990 GMC Suburban(most loved vehicle ever.....) up 287 off 35W north out of Ft Worth on my way to Rhome, TX to a family function. When I experienced a firestone tire blowout.... my cousin had given me a tire and rim as a spare. I just had a blow out the day before. Needless to say the tire failed and when it did it literally sounded like a 12 gague shotgun went off on my back passenger wheel well. The belt separated from the tire and slapped the wheel well so hard it bent and mangled the inner STEEL wheel well, it's an old suburban its like a freaking tank..... I was 17 at the time and had no clue about these firestone/Bridgestone tire failures/lawsuits till later in life.... looking back I'm glad I was driving a Suburban and not a P.O.S. Exploder LmAo Thats my experience, glad mine was a halfway decent one and I made it out unscathed, unlike many others.....
Growing up I remember passing the firestone plant in decatur, it was always a hulking empty shell for as long as I could remember. Great video on a local history piece I never realized was part of this story :)
Ford tech in 1990s. The unofficial word I got from a Ford engineer when this hit the fan was the tire inflation pressure as specced by FoMoCo was too low. This caused excessive tirewall flex and overheating problems. The reason for this was due to early owner complaints about ride quality (harshness/too stiff). Ford backed the tire pressure specs down until complaints were reduced to a manageable level. I think recommended pressures per Ford were 28 PSI.
I have a 96 4Runner I got from my grandma that she bought brand new. Put new suspension on it the other day and dropped the spare original wheel and it was a Firestone Wilderness AT LOL. I have one of these tires right now...
Not wanting to buy a product you work with yourself reminds me of a stint I did as a baker in San Luis Obispo (the town next to where Nolan grew up). We never ate the bread bowls due to the cleanliness issues we saw. Was a really popular place, most locals have eaten at this place at some point.
You mentioned the Takata airbag recall. Well I used to work for Toyota and the service writer who was training me told me that the airbags were being replaced with the same exact airbag that was being recalled. 😳💀
My step dad worked at the Firestone Decatur plant. Can confirm it was a hell for the union guys. I’ve never bought Firestones because of his stories. Even though the company has greatly improved.
You guys should maybe do either past gas or wheelhouse on racing controversies. Two parts that covers the bad ones like the F1s Crashgate, and the other parts that covers the cases of rule-bending attempts like Smokey Yunick, Adrian Newey and Ray Evernham.
I am writing this right as I start the video, while I'm thinking about it. I might repeat something that's in the video, but I want to relate the little piece of the story I heard. I worked at a Firestone location for a little bit, about 15 years ago. I actually found one of these tires in the spare position on an Explorer that was in for service; we replaced it at no charge to the customer. The one thing that I heard from my manager, which absolutely makes sense to me as a mechanic, is that the first Explorers (along with a few other, much smaller vehicles in that era) had a recommended tire pressure of 26 PSI cold. So, sell these to a bunch of commuters and soccer moms, who, like most drivers, don't pay attention to tire pressure, and after a few months or a year of normal air seepage, you're below 20 PSI at highway speed. The lower you let that go, the more the tires sag under the weight of the vehicle. This causes the sidewalls to flex a lot more as they rotate and come into contact with the loaded area of the tread, and the tires basically just get hotter and hotter until they fail. It'd be better to have your tires set to 100 PSI than 10. Low pressure will cause a blowout, but they're designed to withstand surprisingly high pressures. Fill 'em up!
Also, now that I'm hearing the first reference to the oddly similarly-named Bridgestone (about @24:00 in, give or take) the following is the story that we would hear, in an unofficial capacity, as employees. I'm really not sure about the validity of it. So, legend has it that Shojiro Ishibashi was impressed by both Harvey Firestone, and the Firestone manufacturing operation, which had been around for about three decades at that point. In a weird little bit of serendipity (again, this is merely what I heard... this might be completely fabricated!), he basically named his tire company after himself... but also did so to pay homage to Harvey Firestone. In doing so, he took advantage af the coincidental similarity of their names from Wikipedia: "'Bridgestone' was named after the name of the founder, Shojiro Ishibashi (Ishi = Stone, Bashi = Bridge)." Anyone know if this story is true?
I owned one of these explorers, a 98. 1 owner forest green eddie bauer with only 65,xxx miles in it, still had its showroom stickers and paperwork on it, it still had its firestone radials as the owner didn't believe in recalls and kept it in his garage all its life. almost rolled over in it twice and it had major electrical problems, the headlights kept turning off and on and even if you tried to turn them off or on they wouldnt work, the 4wd tranfer case made a weird metal clunk whenever you turned and the interior was bandaid beige and burned you if it sat in the sun for too long. Ended up selling it and trading it for a 07 accord
I bought it and sold it for 3 grand, only added 10k miles to it, i do miss that car due to the memories i had with it but ill never consider driving that car again.
My ex father in law worked at the Decatur plant. He swears the cover up goes down to Ford placing all blame on that plant. It ended up costing everyone there their jobs and the town was already dealing with companies leaving. The idea was it was easier and cheaper to blame that plant than acknowledge it was several plants because they'd be closing a plant in a dying town. Which, that town has been losing more and more companies since and especially due to the pandemic. Fun facts, Decatur, Illinois is the original home of the Chicago (at that time Staley) Bears. Also, almost all corn syrup ever made comes from Decatur.
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@@bruhnt5063 seriously!? Please tell me you aren't joking because I've been spamming the hell out of their comment sections and have yet to get a reply from anyone let alone Donut
A friend of mine had a 97 explorer. And by that time, it had better tires on it. That thing had the worst, squishy suspension in anything I've ever been in. We would mess with him by just rocking back and forth. 2 people doing that could rock the body enough to mess up the already awful handling it had.
I have been listening you guys at spotify from beginning and now i had to come here to comment. I like to hear some stories from Finnish racing drivers. You have teased lite at some episodes and you know that from Finland come lot of good racing stories so please just one episode for your finnish fans also.
It was a joke back in the really late 70's early 80's about having a Ford Pinto with Firestone 500 tires on it being a great gift to your enemies. This wasn't the first controversy here.
I'm from Michigan and I can tell you a think tank for any UAW company is called that cause they couldn't tell people they were going to some place to snort a bunch of coke
Jesus I work for a Michelin plant in the rubber prep side (I make the parts of thr tires, then they go down the line to be built). Hearing about the Firestone culture yall mentioned, especially abusing the rubber and semi built tires (you'd get fired on the fucking spot if you purposely put a production piece of rubber on the bare floor, let alone all thr other shit). I do get how the culture gets poisoned though by management cutting back. Moral plays a huge, huge part in the quality of tires produced I've seen more than my share of ebb and flow. Crazy stuff buds.
Crazy my dad had a 94 explorer new and was my first car. But from new till I broke it at 16 in 2006. It always had the marshmello man tires lol. I dont think it ever had Firestone tires. But im glad it never did.
@@richardbaumgart2454 mustang's actually wreck because when people turn off the traction control then try to whip the back end the traction control turns back on middle drift and they lose control because of a ford design flaw. It's a known fact mr prowheelman lol. And these ford SUVs have the tiniest wheel base just by looking at them and body roll like crazy. Plus doughnut said when peoples tire would pop they would flip not becuase they were driving incorrectly but becuase of a Firestone manufacture low quality control. I'm not sure why u trying to flex your driving skills hahhahahha
@@josephroberts2555 ....lol...have you ever rode in an early 2000's explorer with an early 2000's mom? Non driving...ugh..all the crashing Mustang videos ... they're not the fault of the drivers? lol
Not sure if this would be a good episode or not, but I know that growing up overseas, specifically on Okinawa, we had a huge car community. While military personnel definitely were part of the community, I'm specifically talking about high school kids who started drifting and modifying cars in the early to mid 2000s and going full send on the streets and tracks in Okinawa. Since the driving age in base was 16, but off base was 18, kids would drive illegally off base and risk jail time, deportation, or worse to go drift and race streets and touge's for shits and giggles. A lot of these kids kept drifting once they got to the states. Most notably people like Ross Petty and Bison Garage, but there have been countless who retuned from Japan to establish shops and garages specifically tuned toward drifting and JDM cars.
Lol my 98 3.0 vtec Accord Honda ist also for recall because of the takata airbag. Can you imagine the cost for such a old car. They needed to start making it again for a hand full people here in germany. I'm certain the ones in usa are already replaced
Was it Ford or was it Firestone? It was both. Put a set of Firestone 721 radials on my 73 Valiant slant 6 sedan in 1974. I was commuting from Athens GA to Atlanta where I was working for IBM. 150 mile round trip commute. 55mph speed limit then and it was being enforced. Belts started breaking up in the first set at less than 7000 miles. Replaced under warranty, no charge. Second set did the same thing. Dealer was ready to replace them again. I refused, bit the bullet and paid twice the price for my first set of Michelins. Still a Michelin only customer. I had the opportunity to see how closely Michelin controls quality when I was selling industrial lubricants in 1990. Outsiders such as I was were not allowed on the production floor. Period. No unapproved materials, chemicals, etc. were allowed on the production floor until approved by corporate lab testing. Trying to sell to them is a royal pain, but it's because they are absolutely dedicated to quality control.
You can picture it being like that south park episode when they go to EA " Well boys this whole situation reminds me of an old Ford saying. . . . Get the fuck outta ma office, I shit on yo faces!"
Id like to say that I think majority of those blow out crashes were partially caused by bad driving. You can have a blow out at 50 60 or even 70 miles an hour, and as long as you stay straight and don’t brake in a panic you wont veer off road
Exactly. I personally drive a 2003 f150 and it used to have Firestones on it. I had the tread blow out on me while going 80mph and I stayed straight and slowed down on the interstate safely
Aahh, another Sunday of automotive history in my generations lingo. Thank you donut.
11 minutes in I’m still listening to James talk about Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford, and Thomas Edison having sex.
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@@DawsonTyson stay in contact w me
@@DawsonTyson I have a random channel on here u can hit me at
@@dangerdylan5005 I can't post any part of the title just search G.B. and the podcast mentioned. It is crazy the similarities to what is happening today.
sounds like you're kinda gay to me
"a square of 69s. the most stable of 69 structures."
LMFAO.
Fun Fact: The tire wall barriers at Barber motorsports park are all brand new firestones, deemed unusable from this situation.
Damn I never knew Henry Ford ate poop
you heard it here first
Allegedly it was first Said on Business blaze by our boy Simon.
But great podcast gentlemen alot of info
wat
After all the 69 jokes how did noone make a comment about them camping at "Swallow Falls" ?!?
Same
one thing leads to another
How did "Swallow Falls" @11:10 get by without even so much as a giggle? That's hilarious, especially considering the conversation directly bookending it!
For the rest of time, when I hear the term "think tank" a mental image of Ford and Firestone '69'ing will appear LOOOOOL
I literally got a Firestone ad when I clicked
"In today's somber episode we cover the tragic story of how a soulless corporation killed 250 people and tried to cover it up."
James: *PAST GAS PODCAST ITS ABOUT CARS IT NOT ABOUT FARTS!*
And 69'ing apparently
RUclips is actively deleting my comments. I'm trying to link an interview by Glenn Beck that mentions Ford and GM violating ITAR in WW2 by selling goods to Germany. Podcast Episode 97
@@marcbeebee6969 if you think companies shouldn't be held responsible for their part in genocide, that says a lot about your state of mind. Also, I really couldn't give a shit about who else has the same last name as me.
@@DawsonTyson mate we where having a good time and where trying to engage you in friendly conversation.
Of course these companies are responsible. But don't worry never bought a Ford or Firestone, how about you worrior?
Why you so aggressiv and upset.? Corona restrictions have finally been relaxed we should all be happy and friendly.
@@marcbeebee6969 😐 driven a few, but no I've never owned a Ford. Not sure I'd buy new right now anyway. These atrocities are still taking place and being funded by the same companies as then and even more now. (W.E.F. An action plan for the media and culture industry)
You guys should also cover the NASCAR tire wars between Goodyear and Hoosier
That and they should also look at the absolute fustercluck that was the first race at Talladega.
@@chrismarco17 agreed
@@chrismarco17 FUSTERCLUCK?
Week 4 of requesting an episode on the Australian V8 Supercars
let me guess
Holden?
Yeah and V8 star series and DTM series in germany
Australian touring car championships is sick full of gtrs and its ther r32 got the Godzilla name.
Just want to point out being a Ford technician that worked in the dealership during this recall. The Firestone wilderness at tires lasted forever and would dry rot and that’s what caused this to occur. As y’all stated at the beginning of the podcast the tires were on that guys vehicle for a decade no tire should be on a vehicle for more than 5 years. These tires you could see were about to lose the tread and we would recommend replacing the tires on customers vehicles all the time even though there would be more than half the tread left on the tire you could see a crack that went around the tire at the edge of the side wall
I’m from Decatur Illinois. One of the best episodes in my opinion. Amazing research done as always! This is a great episode. I had family members working at the Firestone Plant at the time. It was a huge deal in our city. My uncle who had worked there and said it was a mess. Again amazing episode!
Can't wait until it's trendy to be a Donut Podcast listeners here in the UK. Will be great to say I've listened to every episode, b2b, everything you need to know, science garage etc. Sending love to you guys from Northampton!
This problem killed one of the most famous singers in Argentina, called Rodrigo, the case was so big that today is still unresolved
Don’t mention the fact the idiot wasn’t wearing a seatbelt
@DonutMedia, those of us involved with NHTSA pronounce it "nit-suh"
Nolan the voice of reason trying to help donut media not get sued for slander 🤣😂🤣
I was thinking; "He must have been having shitty day, straight up shut them down."🤣
What I find darkly funny with this story, (mind you, I was in high school when this was going on) in retrospect. Folks that bought these for off-roading would've likely almost immediately changed out the factory tires & rims for rims that were more beefy & tires that were more aggressive, essentially saving their lives...
Thank you guys for making these! I watched all your videos on facebook and was ecstatic when i found your past gas series. I traded TV for you guys. Thanks for all the laughs you have given me.
I love you all
My whole family worked for Firestone in the '40s. Great Grandma worked treading tires at 16 for $0.25 an hour in '48.
Ain't it interesting how little the company cares about your loyalty
Just got a recall done on my Mazda. The local dealership did a free inspection on my car and found out some maintenance stuff that I've gotta take care of. I'm glad I took it in, if I'll be honest.
Got to test drive the new Mazda 3, and holy hell that's a fun lil car.
Speaking of 69, Swallow Falls? Was there a Spit It Out Falls, too?
I think this is the third podcast where Goodyear has helped Ford out after Firestone failed. First in Le Mans where the Firestones fell apart on Mclarens GT40, in Fordlandia where the Goodyear advisor told them not to build there, and now with Ford pointing out the Goodyear tires didn't fail on the SUV. Jeez.
I will never forget winter of 2017 here in Ft Worth, TX.(Christmas Day) Driving my 1st vehicle a 1990 GMC Suburban(most loved vehicle ever.....) up 287 off 35W north out of Ft Worth on my way to Rhome, TX to a family function. When I experienced a firestone tire blowout.... my cousin had given me a tire and rim as a spare. I just had a blow out the day before. Needless to say the tire failed and when it did it literally sounded like a 12 gague shotgun went off on my back passenger wheel well. The belt separated from the tire and slapped the wheel well so hard it bent and mangled the inner STEEL wheel well, it's an old suburban its like a freaking tank..... I was 17 at the time and had no clue about these firestone/Bridgestone tire failures/lawsuits till later in life.... looking back I'm glad I was driving a Suburban and not a P.O.S. Exploder LmAo
Thats my experience, glad mine was a halfway decent one and I made it out unscathed, unlike many others.....
gotta love this community
Growing up I remember passing the firestone plant in decatur, it was always a hulking empty shell for as long as I could remember. Great video on a local history piece I never realized was part of this story :)
Ford tech in 1990s. The unofficial word I got from a Ford engineer when this hit the fan was the tire inflation pressure as specced by FoMoCo was too low. This caused excessive tirewall flex and overheating problems. The reason for this was due to early owner complaints about ride quality (harshness/too stiff). Ford backed the tire pressure specs down until complaints were reduced to a manageable level. I think recommended pressures per Ford were 28 PSI.
I have a 96 4Runner I got from my grandma that she bought brand new. Put new suspension on it the other day and dropped the spare original wheel and it was a Firestone Wilderness AT LOL. I have one of these tires right now...
Not wanting to buy a product you work with yourself reminds me of a stint I did as a baker in San Luis Obispo (the town next to where Nolan grew up). We never ate the bread bowls due to the cleanliness issues we saw. Was a really popular place, most locals have eaten at this place at some point.
Please do a podcast on the Argentinian IKA Torino car and the 84 hour Nürburgring endurance race. And a podcast on Fangio. Lots of history there
You guys literally make me laugh so hard at work. Keep it up!
It was 26 PSI. Bottom of the range but not unusual for large tires back then. Pathfinder and xtera also used 26 PSI.
You mentioned the Takata airbag recall. Well I used to work for Toyota and the service writer who was training me told me that the airbags were being replaced with the same exact airbag that was being recalled. 😳💀
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone, I hope someone loves you as much as we all love cars!
My step dad worked at the Firestone Decatur plant. Can confirm it was a hell for the union guys. I’ve never bought Firestones because of his stories. Even though the company has greatly improved.
You guys should maybe do either past gas or wheelhouse on racing controversies.
Two parts that covers the bad ones like the F1s Crashgate, and the other parts that covers the cases of rule-bending attempts like Smokey Yunick, Adrian Newey and Ray Evernham.
I am writing this right as I start the video, while I'm thinking about it. I might repeat something that's in the video, but I want to relate the little piece of the story I heard. I worked at a Firestone location for a little bit, about 15 years ago. I actually found one of these tires in the spare position on an Explorer that was in for service; we replaced it at no charge to the customer. The one thing that I heard from my manager, which absolutely makes sense to me as a mechanic, is that the first Explorers (along with a few other, much smaller vehicles in that era) had a recommended tire pressure of 26 PSI cold. So, sell these to a bunch of commuters and soccer moms, who, like most drivers, don't pay attention to tire pressure, and after a few months or a year of normal air seepage, you're below 20 PSI at highway speed. The lower you let that go, the more the tires sag under the weight of the vehicle. This causes the sidewalls to flex a lot more as they rotate and come into contact with the loaded area of the tread, and the tires basically just get hotter and hotter until they fail. It'd be better to have your tires set to 100 PSI than 10. Low pressure will cause a blowout, but they're designed to withstand surprisingly high pressures. Fill 'em up!
Also, now that I'm hearing the first reference to the oddly similarly-named Bridgestone (about @24:00 in, give or take) the following is the story that we would hear, in an unofficial capacity, as employees. I'm really not sure about the validity of it.
So, legend has it that Shojiro Ishibashi was impressed by both Harvey Firestone, and the Firestone manufacturing operation, which had been around for about three decades at that point. In a weird little bit of serendipity (again, this is merely what I heard... this might be completely fabricated!), he basically named his tire company after himself... but also did so to pay homage to Harvey Firestone. In doing so, he took advantage af the coincidental similarity of their names from Wikipedia:
"'Bridgestone' was named after the name of the founder, Shojiro Ishibashi (Ishi = Stone, Bashi = Bridge)."
Anyone know if this story is true?
I owned one of these explorers, a 98. 1 owner forest green eddie bauer with only 65,xxx miles in it, still had its showroom stickers and paperwork on it, it still had its firestone radials as the owner didn't believe in recalls and kept it in his garage all its life. almost rolled over in it twice and it had major electrical problems, the headlights kept turning off and on and even if you tried to turn them off or on they wouldnt work, the 4wd tranfer case made a weird metal clunk whenever you turned and the interior was bandaid beige and burned you if it sat in the sun for too long. Ended up selling it and trading it for a 07 accord
I bought it and sold it for 3 grand, only added 10k miles to it, i do miss that car due to the memories i had with it but ill never consider driving that car again.
As a Brit, I did not know about this. An interesting one. Well played beys
What dose beys mean
Dude I live in Decatur and it sucks the Firestone factory is all abandoned and all that is still here is corn and bean products
i always remembered this but never understood why. now i do. this was announced to the public on the day i was born !!
My ex father in law worked at the Decatur plant. He swears the cover up goes down to Ford placing all blame on that plant. It ended up costing everyone there their jobs and the town was already dealing with companies leaving. The idea was it was easier and cheaper to blame that plant than acknowledge it was several plants because they'd be closing a plant in a dying town. Which, that town has been losing more and more companies since and especially due to the pandemic.
Fun facts, Decatur, Illinois is the original home of the Chicago (at that time Staley) Bears. Also, almost all corn syrup ever made comes from Decatur.
Living in Lakeland I remember this on the news. I was a kid when this was on the news.
what a sexy episode for valentines day
great episode, you guys should do one about the F1 crashgate, I think it would be a good one
The fact that I got a Firestone ad while watching this is hilarious
This podcast has really outted all of Ford’s dark history. The higher ups of Ford are more monster than man
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I'll tag this episode a Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford, and Thomas Edison Val Special. Lol
I got a Firestone ad haha
I remember helping some ladies out that had a Ford exploder with Firestone tires. The center of the tread literally just exploded up.
Day 66 of wanting Up To Speed back
It ain't coming back let's just get used to it
@@aeroboozt9455 it is
@@aeroboozt9455 Donut replied to me
@@aeroboozt9455 last week they said "James shot like 4 episodes this week hang in there"
@@bruhnt5063 seriously!? Please tell me you aren't joking because I've been spamming the hell out of their comment sections and have yet to get a reply from anyone let alone Donut
Currentley listening to this while playing the new snowrunner dlc!
You guys should talk about Prototype C and the birth of the Porsche 956/962c!!!
Between 69ing, Cops being called “Dicks”, 2inch thick books and “Swallow Falls” and I’m not even 10 minutes in yet, going to be a good episode lol.
Nolan is the angel on your shoulder James is the devil on you shoulder XD
Nah man, my tires are finally ready for the drag strip, have slicks finally took ages to get them like this 😁
The “Think Tank” was in Swallow Falls. Nobody? We’re just gonna let the easy ones just fly past all 3 of you? Where am I right now? 😂✌️
Love the reusable straw James!
the rubber thing on mine is blue
NICE episode
I love this podcast
I was killed in 95 in an Explorer
Cap
Yall should make one about drifting or something
A friend of mine had a 97 explorer. And by that time, it had better tires on it. That thing had the worst, squishy suspension in anything I've ever been in. We would mess with him by just rocking back and forth. 2 people doing that could rock the body enough to mess up the already awful handling it had.
I had to pause the pod cast to come here to comment on the fact that you missed an opportunity with the “think tank” at SWALLOW FALLS!
I have been listening you guys at spotify from beginning and now i had to come here to comment. I like to hear some stories from Finnish racing drivers. You have teased lite at some episodes and you know that from Finland come lot of good racing stories so please just one episode for your finnish fans also.
It was a joke back in the really late 70's early 80's about having a Ford Pinto with Firestone 500 tires on it being a great gift to your enemies. This wasn't the first controversy here.
James cracks me up bro 🤣
Really wish we could get these uncut
I'm from Michigan and I can tell you a think tank for any UAW company is called that cause they couldn't tell people they were going to some place to snort a bunch of coke
I got a Firestone ad lol
wait.... 0:44 he had THAT tire on his car for a decade ?!? and people wonder why it shredded ?!
Does donut mind posting their source? Need for an essay tonight 😭
The whole usa is like this
11:16 - 11:55 just made my day! lmfao!!!!! 😂🤣😆
Jesus I work for a Michelin plant in the rubber prep side (I make the parts of thr tires, then they go down the line to be built). Hearing about the Firestone culture yall mentioned, especially abusing the rubber and semi built tires (you'd get fired on the fucking spot if you purposely put a production piece of rubber on the bare floor, let alone all thr other shit). I do get how the culture gets poisoned though by management cutting back. Moral plays a huge, huge part in the quality of tires produced I've seen more than my share of ebb and flow. Crazy stuff buds.
Were do you go to find recalls
my mom, uncle, and grandma passed away from them. July 1st 2000 towards temple texas.
we ended up sueing them and won
that bit of the mic stand that looks like a push rod
@15:39 widen the wheelbase ? Wouldn’t that be track ??
Crazy my dad had a 94 explorer new and was my first car. But from new till I broke it at 16 in 2006. It always had the marshmello man tires lol. I dont think it ever had Firestone tires. But im glad it never did.
Haha these fords feel like they want to flip when u drive them lol
just like Mustangs wreck, people that buy these don't know how to drive, garenteed if i'm driving i'm not gonna flip or wreck these vehicles
@@richardbaumgart2454 I don't think anybody asked about your pro driving experience 🤔
@@richardbaumgart2454 mustang's actually wreck because when people turn off the traction control then try to whip the back end the traction control turns back on middle drift and they lose control because of a ford design flaw. It's a known fact mr prowheelman lol. And these ford SUVs have the tiniest wheel base just by looking at them and body roll like crazy. Plus doughnut said when peoples tire would pop they would flip not becuase they were driving incorrectly but becuase of a Firestone manufacture low quality control. I'm not sure why u trying to flex your driving skills hahhahahha
@@josephroberts2555 ....lol...have you ever rode in an early 2000's explorer with an early 2000's mom? Non driving...ugh..all the crashing Mustang videos ... they're not the fault of the drivers? lol
@@brandon893 you must be a Mustang owner ;)
Not sure if this would be a good episode or not, but I know that growing up overseas, specifically on Okinawa, we had a huge car community.
While military personnel definitely were part of the community, I'm specifically talking about high school kids who started drifting and modifying cars in the early to mid 2000s and going full send on the streets and tracks in Okinawa.
Since the driving age in base was 16, but off base was 18, kids would drive illegally off base and risk jail time, deportation, or worse to go drift and race streets and touge's for shits and giggles.
A lot of these kids kept drifting once they got to the states. Most notably people like Ross Petty and Bison Garage, but there have been countless who retuned from Japan to establish shops and garages specifically tuned toward drifting and JDM cars.
"Think Tank" @11:19
You gotta do an episode on fangio !!
At 2 minutes, James be sounding
Like Joe Rogan
I literally have that on my ranger 235/75/15 . By the way walmart will do all 4 with warranty for 466 bucks.
Lol my 98 3.0 vtec Accord Honda ist also for recall because of the takata airbag. Can you imagine the cost for such a old car. They needed to start making it again for a hand full people here in germany. I'm certain the ones in usa are already replaced
wow my dad worked at the decatur firestone plant
My dad never recalled his odessy which has the defective takata air bag so whenever I go with him I sit as far away as possible from it
Was it Ford or was it Firestone? It was both. Put a set of Firestone 721 radials on my 73 Valiant slant 6 sedan in 1974. I was commuting from Athens GA to Atlanta where I was working for IBM. 150 mile round trip commute. 55mph speed limit then and it was being enforced. Belts started breaking up in the first set at less than 7000 miles. Replaced under warranty, no charge. Second set did the same thing. Dealer was ready to replace them again. I refused, bit the bullet and paid twice the price for my first set of Michelins. Still a Michelin only customer.
I had the opportunity to see how closely Michelin controls quality when I was selling industrial lubricants in 1990. Outsiders such as I was were not allowed on the production floor. Period. No unapproved materials, chemicals, etc. were allowed on the production floor until approved by corporate lab testing. Trying to sell to them is a royal pain, but it's because they are absolutely dedicated to quality control.
You can picture it being like that south park episode when they go to EA " Well boys this whole situation reminds me of an old Ford saying. . . . Get the fuck outta ma office, I shit on yo faces!"
Can you do a past gas on the International
2:17 *Nolan in shock*
Lmfao got a add for Firestone while watching this
Holy shit I live so close to Decatur and never knew this
Id like to say that I think majority of those blow out crashes were partially caused by bad driving. You can have a blow out at 50 60 or even 70 miles an hour, and as long as you stay straight and don’t brake in a panic you wont veer off road
Exactly. I personally drive a 2003 f150 and it used to have Firestones on it. I had the tread blow out on me while going 80mph and I stayed straight and slowed down on the interstate safely
I like my brain as smooth as my brain
the firestone add on this video.....
Also I'm not going to workout while listing to this lol I'm going to get injured