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Pigeon Forge; Dollywood; driving the Aston Martin 707 on the Las Vegas F1 track; a review of the new Cayenne S and the return of its V8; plus Many Qs and As   Why do exotics cars have battery issues?   How do we feel about holiday music?   How does Geely's sale of Volvo stock effect things?   The flow state   Will we return to television?   Which physical buttons are the most important   How the R53 Mini compares to a Fiesta ST   and more! Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST.  Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Tweet at us!https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram:https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtirehttps://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman  Go to PrizePicks.com/tire and use code tire for a first deposit match up to $100!

Con el lanzamento de Tiempos Metálicos, un box set de V8 que contiene los tres discos del grupo en vinilo más otros items varios, como excusa, el cantante de la primera banda de heavy metal en Argentina, Beto Zamarbide, vino a Buenos Aires (vive hace años en Miami) y nos cruzamos en esta hermosa charla. Es el testimonio de quien protagonizó el nacimiento de un género musical en nuestro país, alguien que fue testigo de una época en la que todo estaba por hacerse. La actitud, el mensaje, el discurso de un grupo que no ha perdido actualidad. La relación con Ricardo Iorio entonces y también ahora. El recuerdo del talento del guitarrista Osvaldo Civile, fallecido hace varios años ya. El apoyo de Pappo y la fuerza opositora de cuatro pibes que quisieron llevarse todo puesto, incluyendo a parte de aquel rock nacional, y al final la realidad (y las adicciones) se los llevó puestos a ellos que, sin embargo, siguieron en diversas aventuras junto al metal con su mensaje. Con Gustavo Olmedo.

Cadillac's Escalade might not have always carried the weight of legendary models like Brougham or Biarritz. However, after two decades sitting atop luxury SUV sales charts, and becoming a part of popular American culture, the Escalade has easily risen to the heights of Cadillac's best-known nameplates. With that ascension comes lofty expectations. Entering its fifth generation in 2021, the Escalade adds an independent rear suspension, alongside a host of consumer-facing tech features like a massive media screen. The three-row SUV still rides on a ladder frame and packs a standard 6.2-liter V8 under the hood, or an optional 3.0-liter diesel. On this episode of Quick Spin, Autoweek's Patrick Carone hops behind the wheel and puts the 2023 Cadillac Escalade through its paces. Carone takes you on a guided tour of the Escalade before taking you along for a live drive review. Adding to the show, Carone chats with host Wesley Wren about the Escalade, the competition, and more. They also discuss the evolution of the Escalade nameplate, and where it will go in the future. Closing the show, the pair breaks down what makes the 2023 Cadillac Escalade special.

Director: Sam Firstenberg Starring: Shô Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett, Some tombstone breaking fuckers. In one of the more entertaining ninja movies of the era, an evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body. At first, changes in her behavior is limited to having strange interactions with an arcade game, doing sexy things with V8 juice, and being attracted to an unusually hairy police officer. But soon enough, she's systematically killing, ninja-style, the officers responsible for the ninja's death, and can only be stopped by another ninja! Featuring one of the most entertaining opening 10 minutes of any movie... ever. We Also Talked About: Ed and Lorraine Warren The Devil on Trial Nathan for You The Rehearsal Our Episode on Halloween 2 As always, find all our crap on our appropriately named website Crap.Town --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deweypodmonster/message

I denne episoden snakker Marius og Håkon om V8 og V12, i tillegg til å diskutere hvilken veimat det var riktig å hive i seg på 90-tallet, om man kjørte Mercedes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This article provides an in-depth exploration of the exclusive realm inhabited by the 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170. Emphasizing its remarkable power, rarity, and impressive performance, this limited-edition muscle car features a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine that delivers an astounding 1,025 horsepower on E85. Turnersville Jeep Chrysler Dodge Ram City: Washington Township Address: 3100 New Jersey 42 Website https://www.turnersvillejeep.com Phone +1 609 703 0453 Email tomkoz711@gmail.com

For every great movie, there are a hundred bad ones. For every successful movie, there are a million unsuccessful ones.On this episode, Nick and the returning Joaquin "Juac" Figueroa reveal and analyze the Top 10 Biggest Box Office Bombs in Movie History, ranked by total losses (inflated to 2023 dollars) incurred by film studios.PLUS... behind-the-scenes trivia from each film, what made each film such a flop?, the film studio behind half of the films on this list, V8 juice, turning board games into movies, cannibalism, booty-clapping on an elevator with Brad Pitt, and MUCH more.----------------------------------------------Hear more from Juac on his podcast, Insensitive Culture. Juac and his friends talk current events, Hollywood news, answer questions, and more. Listen now on any podcast app or at https://drum.io/insensitiveculture.----------------------------------------------Get EARLY, AD-FREE access to 10ish Podcast episodes (and bonus content!) on the new-and-improved 10ish Pod+. Now easier to sign up than ever, and listenable on all podcast apps (including Spotify): https://10ishpod.com/plusJoin the "Peanut Butter Fiend" membership plan to get all these benefits + exclusive monthly blooper reel, full videos of every episode, and more.----------------------------------------------NEWSLETTER: https://www.10ishpod.com/newsletterMERCH: https://www.10ishpod.com/merchTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@10ishpodYOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/10ishpodcastTWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/10ishpodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/10ishpod----------------------------------------------Read a full transcript of this and all 10ish Podcast episodes at https://www.10ishpod.com/blog.----------------------------------------------Ad Music (10ish Pod+):"Casa Bossa Nova" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/----------------------------------------------This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5968552/advertisement

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Wir freuen uns, euch mit einer aufregenden Neuigkeit zu versorgen. Tobe und Benedikt laden euch herzlich ein (nach gut nem halben Jahr), unserem brandneuen Info-Pod beizuwohnen. In diesem werden wir über eine besondere Veranstaltung in Stolpen zu Ehren von Kurt Schneider alias Harry Earles und seinen Schwestern sprechen, die unter anderem herausragenden Akteure des Hollywoods der 20er bis Ende der 30 Jahre waren. Sie prägten zahlreiche Werke der Filmgeschichte. Zu nennen wäre da, The Unholy Three (1925), Be Big! (1931), Freaks (1932) und The Wizard Of Oz (1939). Erfahrt mehr über Harry Earles faszinierendes Leben und seine bahnbrechende Arbeit am 11.11.2023 in Stolpen. Aber das ist noch nicht alles. Im zweiten Teil unserer Podcast-Folge werden wir über die aufregende Wiederkehr der "Lichtwerk Kabinett"-Eventreihe sprechen. Es erwartet euch ein spektakuläres Double-Feature unter dem Motto "BMX vs. V8" mit den Filmen "Turbo Kid" und "Mad Max 2 - Der Vollstrecker". Wir werden euch alle Gründe erläutern, warum wir uns entschieden haben, diese Eventreihe wieder aufleben zu lassen, und warum wir uns für das Kino in der JohannStadthalle (JoKi) in Dresden entschieden haben. Außerdem erfahrt ihr, welche weiteren Highlights euch bei diesem Ereignis erwarten. Ihr möchtet mehr erfahren? Dann verpasst nicht unsere Podcast-Info-Folge #2, in der Stefan, Benedikt und Tobe über das neuste "Lichtwerk Kabinett" mit "Mad Max 2" und "Turbo Kid" sprechen. Diese gibt es in den kommenden Tagen auf die Ohren! Und bis dahin, wünschen wir euch "anette-halbe-stunde" mit unserem Auftakt-Info-Pod.

Ya sabéis que no soy un gran fan de los coches americanos…. pero hay excepciones. Y una de ellas es Cadillac, sinónimo de la calidad y el lujo al más puro estilo americano. Una marca que nació de las cenizas de la primera Ford y que tiene nombre francés… un buen principio para esta historia, que incluye rivalidades, celos, traiciones… y racismo. Así que comenzamos por el principio, cuando la “primera” Ford cierra sus puertas. Ford fundó en 1901 la HFC o Henry Ford Company, que era la reestructuración y renovación de una empresa denominada Detroit Automobile Company. Pero al poco de comenzar se peleó con sus socios financieros, William Murphy y Lemuel Bowen porque según los que ponían el dinero, Henry Ford le dedicaba mucho tiempo a sus “juguetes”, las carreras y el Ford 999. Los inversores trajeron a un ingeniero llamado Henry M. Leland para que valorase tanto las fábricas como las herramientas antes de ponerlas a la venta. Pero cuando Leland vio las instalaciones pensó que era una pena venderlas y no aprovecharlas para seguir fabricando coches… pero con un nuevo motor. Leland era buen ingeniero, pero se ve que también un buen vendedor porque se reunió con los escépticos inversores, Murphy, como tu amigo el de las leyes, Rodrigo, y Bowen, para convencerles de que era posible fabricar coches con éxito, pero necesitaban un nuevo motor… y él tenía uno. La idea era ser pioneros y fundar la primera compañía de fabricación de coches de Detroit que fuese rentable y en 1902 deciden fundar una marca… solo faltaba un nombre. Y rebuscaron en la historia hasta dar con el nombre de Antoine de Lamothe señor de Cadillac, fundador del fuerte y ciudad de Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit, origen de la ciudad de Detroit. “Exactitud, una ley”. Palabras de Leland que apostaba por las máximas calidad y precisión. En estos años, hablamos de comienzos del siglo XX, la fiabilidad de los motores no era muy alta y eran frecuentes las averías de cierta gravedad. Pero la precisión y calidad de fabricación de Cadillac permitían, por primera vez, que si se rompía un motor en vez de tener que cambiar el motor entero o ajustarlo pieza a pieza, se podía comprar una pieza de repuesto y encajaba a la primera. Ahora esto nos parece lo normal, pero entonces parecía un verdadero milagro. En 1903 se presentan en el Salón del Automóvil de Nueva York los primeros Cadillac Runabount y Tonneau que fueron todo un éxito vendiéndose alrededor de 2.500 en solo una año, una cifra muy importante en esa época. Y es que, entre otras mejoras, Cadillac introdujo el arranque eléctrico en 1912 que sustituía a la incómoda y peligrosa palanca de arranque… una mejora muy apreciada por el público, como podéis suponer. La industria del automóvil en los USA se va polarizando entre dos grandes grupos: Por un lado Ford, la Ford “definitiva” nacida en 1903 y por el otro General Motors, nacida en 1908. Estar fuera de uno de estos dos grupos era complicado y delicado. General Motors necesitaba una marca para su alto de gama y su fundador, William Crapo Durant, un tipo con muy buena vista, se fijó en los Cadillac, impresionado por su calidad… y compra la compañía con la promesa de dejar a Leland gestionarla a su antojo. Promesa que no cumplió. Y en 1917, Leland se fue… ¿y dónde fue? Decíamos al comienzo que esta historia incluía rivalidades, celos y traiciones. Rivalidad entre Ford y GM, celos de Henry Ford por Cadillac y traiciones… porque Leland se fue directo a Ford para crear una marca directa competidora de Cadillac… Hablamos, por supuesto, de Lincoln, desde 1918 hasta diría que hoy día, principal rival de Cadillac. El primer V8 de Cadillac nace en 1915, con una V a 90 grados, como debe ser, más de 5 litros, a lo grande, y 70 CV a solo 2.400 rpm. Un motor que evolucionó con un cigüeñal de doble plano, aparecido en 1918 y que hacía al motor más potente, pero sobre todo más suave. Llega una primera “era dorada” de Cadillac, que no deja de crecer. Contratan a Harley Earl, que crea una submarca de Cadillac, también con nombre francés, La Salle, inspirada en otro explorador francés, René Robert, caballero de La Salle. Una marca que desaparece en 1940 pero reaparecerá como denominación de modelos de lujo de Cadillac… de más lujo. ¡Vais a alucinar! Llega la “Gran depresión” o la crisis del 29 y las ventas de Cadillac caen un 84 por ciento… la marca está a punto de desaparecer. Y ante una situación tan extrema se toman decisiones extremas. Cadillac, que buscaba un mercado de prestigio, con un cliente muy selecto toma una decisión increíble: No vender coches a las personas de color, a los afroamericanos. Un error, porque ya había cantantes, boxeadores, actores, abogados, etc. afroamericanos y eran muchas personas, de todos los colores de piel, las que estaban indignadas con esa medida. Afortunadamente, estaba Nick Dreystadt, que convence a la marca para derogar esta estúpida medida y consigue hacer crecer las ventas un 70 por ciento. Le nombraron director general. Cadillac quiere convertirse no solo en un referente en cuanto a calidad, sino en cuanto a digamos “grandeza”. En un país donde lo grande y lo exagerado triunfa, Cadillac triunfó. Pasó de los motores V8 a los V12 y en 1930 a los V16, este último con 7,5 litros de cilindrada y 165 CV, una verdadera pasada para la época. La guerra fue un paréntesis, pero acabada la guerra no vuelve el optimismo, sino que se multiplica. La economía crece, los americanos tienen ganas de vivir y dinero en los bolsillos y comienzan a aparecer nuevos Cadillac más grandes y lujosos. A partir de los 50 lo que triunfa son los cromados. Muchos cromados por todas partes, todo brillante. Nacen las versiones Coupé de Ville o “falso cabrio” sin pilar B que parecen descapotables con el techo puesto. También aparecen la Series 75 de Fleetwood y los coches no paran de crecer. Aparecen modelos míticos, como el Eldorado Brougham de 1957 y ya en 1959 comienzan a aparecer las famosas aletas traseras de Cadillac… Ya estamos en plena carrera espacial y todo lo relativo a los cohetes y los aviones de alta tecnología está de moda. El diseñador de Cadillac Peter Hodak se dio cuenta de ello y puso esas aletas inspiradas en aviones como el Lockheed P-38 Lightning. El frontal lleno de cromados, unas aletas inspiradas en los aviones y unas luces trasera que parecen las toberas de los cohetes forman un conjunto muy “Cadillac” que aparece a finales de los 50 y está presente prácticamente hasta los 80, como es el caso del Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. A partir de los años 90 la marca se moderniza tanto en el aspecto mecánico como en el aspecto estético. Los dos coches citados, el Allanté aparecido en 1987 y el Seville, no tanto la segunda generación (1980-1985) con su peculiar trasera, ni siquiera la tercera (1985-1991) sino la cuarta (1992-1997), muy afinada y moderna… Pero con todos sus esfuerzos, Cadillac nunca ha llegado a conquistar el mercado europeo. Son coches muy al gusto americano y muy a la medida del público americano. Pero no renuncian a ello.

Paul, June, and Jason discuss the 1984 martial arts action horror film Ninja III: The Domination. They talk about the V8 sex scene, aerobics, ninja possessions, and more. Plus, Paul shares his childhood V8 recipe. (Originally Released 06/05/2020) HDTGM is coming to Chicago & Minneapolis Nov 8-11th! Go to hdtgm.com for tix and info.For more Matinee Monday content, visit Paul's YouTube page: youtube.com/paulscheerFollow Paul on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer/HDTGM Discord: discord.gg/hdtgmPaul's Discord: discord.gg/paulscheerCheck out Paul and Rob Huebel live on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/friendzone) every Thursday 8-10pm ESTSubscribe to Unspooled with Paul and Amy Nicholson here: listen.earwolf.com/unspooledSubscribe to The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane Raphael here: www.thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcastCheck out The Jane Club over at www.janeclub.comCheck out new HDTGM merch over at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hdtgmWhere to find Jason, June & Paul:@PaulScheer on Instagram & Twitter@Junediane on IG and @MsJuneDiane on TwitterJason is not on Twitter

Classic Jaguar's editor, Sam Skelton, joins Tony and Mike on this edition of the Car-Chum Podcast.  There's a bit of Jag stuff, but oh so much more besides.  Sam also reveals the most comfortable car on sale – and it is not what you would expect.  Go on:  take a guess.  And then take a listen to this edition of the ever-entertaining Car-Chum.  www.car-chum.com Support the show

Compara estos coches: Un Opel Manta, un Opel Monza (1982) o un Opel Kadett GSi y compara con algunos de los últimos modelos de Opel como El Astra GSe, el Crossland o el Mokka… ¡si es que hasta el nombre es feo! No digo que los actuales Opel sean malos… tampoco digo lo contrario. Solo digo que Opel ha perdido su personalidad y su ADN. Y os voy a decir por qué. Un tal Adam Opel funda en 1862 la empresa Opel para fabricar primero máquinas de coser y luego bicicletas… y es que no le gustaban los coches. Pero, por fortuna, a sus hijos sí y a la muerte de su padre fundan en 1899 Opel Automotibe GMBH.Nos vamos a ahorrar entrar en detalles de sus primeros pasos en los que llegan a acuerdos con diversas marcas, sobre todo francesas, como Darracq y Renault. Pero la historia de Opel da un giro cuando en 1929 compra la compañía el gigante americano General Motors… compra la marca alemana, pero mantiene su nombre… Además de coches, Opel produjo camiones, como el afamado y robusto Blitz, que eran de tecnología americana y a su vez idénticos a los Bedford británicos. Y pasó algo increíble. Por ejemplo, que Opel llegase a un acuerdo con el mismísimo Führer Adolf Hitler para construir coches, camiones y bombarderos para el ejercito nazi. Y que la Alemania nazi pagase royalties a los norteamericanos para construir vehículos militares. O sea, fabricaron vehículos con la tecnología de tu enemigo, pero les pagaron por hacerlo… ¿es alucinante o no? Pero esto convirtió a las fábricas de Opel en objetivo militar y los bombardeos las dejaron literalmente arrasadas… La actividad no se reanudó hasta 1947, ya acabada la contienda. Para mí la edad de oro de Opel es a partir de ese año de 1947, sobre todo a mediados de los 50 con las heridas de la guerra ya curadas y hasta digamos más o menos finales del Siglo XX. ¿Cuál es el motivo? Pues que Opel combinaba tecnología alemana con la imaginación que en esos años le echaban los americanos al diseño de los coches… y algún motor V8 de “propina”. Una buena combinación que se notaba en la gama que Opel comenzó a desarrollar a partir de los años 60 más o menos. En 1960 la gama Opel alcanzaba modelos de alto nivel, lo que hoy serían Premium como el coupé Kapitan o las grandes berlinas Diplomat, Admiral o el precioso Commodore. Como veis incluso en el nombre, denotan que aspiraban a mucho. En los años 70 aparece un remodelado y precioso Opel Rekord, el D (1972-1977) en mi opinión inspirado en el Commodore. Aparece el Ascona y su derivado deportivo, el Manta, nacido para rivalizar con el Ford Capri, y a fe que lo hizo. ¿Cómo eran esos coches? Por supuesto eran coche robustos, muy robustos, muy bien acabados y de verdadera calidad. Desde luego no podían competir con los “auténticos” Mercedes de esa época, pero si con los BMW y en mi opinión estaban por delante de los VW….En estos años los Opel eran “más coche” que los VW y su gama llegaba más arriba y siempre cuidó mucho el aspecto deportivo. Llega la tracción delantera. En 1979 llega el Kadett D con tracción delantera al que sigue el Kadett E de 1984 con aerodinámica línea. Algunos pensaréis: “Llega la tracción delantera y se va la magia”. Pues no, no es el caso. Los Opel Kadett de la generación E siguen siendo muy distintos a los demás modelos de otras marcas, con mucha personalidad, excelentes acabados y versiones deportivas que se convierten en verdaderos mitos, como el Kadett GSi y más aún el fantástico y potentísimo Kadett GSi 16V. En 1999 llega el declive y eso se nota en la gama que ofrece la marca. Fijaos, entre 1999 y 2012 Opel no deja de perder dinero, llega a perder unos 20.000 millones de euros… Y GM busca soluciones. En 2017 el grupo francés PSA compra por 2.200 millones de euros la marca Opel, incluyendo las fábricas y las marcas Vauxhall, que es con la que se vendían los Opel en el Reino Unido y la marca “GM Financial”. Pero las cosas no acaban aquí. Nace Stellantis, que agrupa al consorcio PSA y al consorcio de Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. La gama actual. En su gama actual Opel trata de “agarrarse” un poco a sus origines sobre todo recurriendo a algunos rasgos estéticos propios de la marca, pero modernizados. Al mismo tiempo que anuncia que a partir de 2028 todos sus coches serán eléctricos… nada nuevo bajo es sol, eso lo van a hacer todos o casi todos. La sede de la marca sigue en Rüsselsheim, pero las decisiones de verdad se toman en la sede de Stellantis, en Ámsterdam. Coche del día. ¿Qué os parece el Opel Commodore de la serie B, aparecido en 1972? La berlina más que el Coupé y si puede ser con el motor 6 cilindros de 2.8 inyección de 155 CV ¿os gusta? Me encantaría tener en mi Garaje Hermético un Opel Monza 3.0 un coche que probé en su momento y me encanto… y que aún se puede encontrar a precios razonables.

I denne episoden prates det om Ford Excursion med 7,3 liters V8. Marius har fått med seg en snedig content-sak mens Håkon observerer biler med feiljusterte lykter. I tillegg blir det en prat om hyggelige mekanikere og HVEM er det som har kjøpt den nye Ferrari-SUV-en som ble registrert nå i oktober? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

V8 veteran James Courtney opens up to Mark Fogarty about his highs and lows as he reflects on his past and present while looking into his new future with the Blanchard Racing Team.

With 450hp to 1000hp on tap via an EMtron ECU control strategy incorporating a drive-by-wire (DBW) throttle body, this V8 swapped Fox Boy Mustang, an exciting project we couldn't resist chatting about.Use ‘PODCAST75' for $75 off your first HPA course here: https://hpcdmy.co/hpa-tuned-inSam Hiu Bin of CWI Performance runs us through this 7.3L V8 Mustang build that has taken the Ford 'Godzilla' V8, never designed for race cars, and put it in a race car anyway. Not only that, but the team has also added a ProCharger centrifugal supercharger to ramp up the output in a compact package. It is as compact as a 7.3L V8 shoehorned into a Fox Body Mustang can be, anyway.The biggest physical challenge with the Ford Godzilla for a swap like this is the height, but teamed with Indy Power Products, the oil pump has been moved so that a smaller wet sump setup can be used, allowing the engine to be mounted lower in the chassis. The CWI Performance 3-piece billet intake manifold also helps reduce the height at the top of the engine and incorporates a 1400hp capable C&R / PWR intercooler core to further improve packaging options as well as options to fit a 105mm or smaller LS throttle body or a Ford Coyote/Godzilla flavour too.Boost-wise, the car produces 450whp at around 2pi, with it only taking 15psi to get it over 1000whp and the EMtron package also takes care of exhaust gas temperature (EGT) monitoring for both tuning and engine health functions. Even using an E90 ethanol blend, the car does see some knock/detonation, partly thanks to its 10.5:1 compression ratio, but the dual bank knock control takes care of this when the temperatures get high enough for it to start occurring.

Alpina has a similar story to that of its rival in Affalterbach. Once known for upgrading BMW products, and even an independent automaker, the company was rolled into BMW in 2022. While Alpina is probably still best known for upgrading BMWs, its role under BMW ownership is basically unchanged. Case and point: the BMW X7 Alpina XB7. Technically still a BMW, and not a remanufactured product released by Alpin, this X7 has all the accouterment you'd expect from the brand. The XB7 squeezes more power out of the 4.4-liter turbocharged V8, bringing it up from 523 hp to 630 hp. The Alpina also sports a posh interior and the classic Alpina spoked wheels -- even though the company has moved away from the hollow-spoke wheel-center inflation. On this episode of Quick Spin, Autoweek's Patrick Carone hops behind the wheel of the Alpina XB7 and puts it through its paces. Carone takes you around the high-riding Alpina and highlights some of his favorite features. Carone also takes you along for a live drive review. Alongside this live commentary, Carone chats about the Alpina XB7 with host Wesley Wren. The pair talk about the competitive set, the finer details about the XB7, and more. Closing the show, the pair break down what makes the Alpina XB7 special.

¿Cuáles son las características claves de un motor? Son importantes por supuesto la cilindrada, la situación de los árboles de levas y el número de válvulas. Hay algo más que marca la diferencia entre unos motores y otros: El número de cilindros y su disposición. Y para motores con cierto nivel de prestaciones las dos mejores configuraciones son V6 y V8. De acuerdo, pero ¿cuál es la mejor? Me gustan estos vídeos técnicos y sé que a vosotros también, así que vamos al lío con el compromiso, antes de empezar, que sean cuales sean tus conocimientos técnicos vas a entender todo lo que contamos, prometido. Todos nos acordamos del Mazda MX3 con el famoso motor V6 de 1.8 litros y potencia, según versiones, de entre 132 y 146 CV. ¡Pero es que ha habido otro más pequeño! Mitsubishi diseño el motor 6A1, un V6 que utilizó en diversos modelos, entre ellos los Mirage y Lancer, que tenía solo 1.597 cm3 y ofrecía en torno a los 138 CV. Nos vamos a otro lado. Ya en los años 70 Cadillac presumía de tener motores V8, algo tan americano como las hamburguesas, pero, además, los más “gordos” del mercado, los “big block” o “bloque grande” de una cilindrada que era un número redondo en pulgadas: 500 pulgadas cúbicas. Para entendernos, 8,2 litros. ¿Te parece mucho? Pues Chevrolet, en 2021, lanzó el Chevrolet Camaro COPO con motor V8 de 9,4 litros y cuya potencia se sitúa en el entorno de los 900 CV. Y que puede prepararse para llegar a los 10.4 litros y 1004 CV. Son modelos destinados a la competición en las carreras de aceleración de Dragster en las categorías de “Producción”. Hay muchos tipos de motores que hoy no toca comparar. Hemos quitado los de 4, porque si pasas de 2,5 litros, mejor 6, aunque existan “ejemplos-ejemplares” de motores de 4 cilindros y 3.0 litros, como el del Porsche 968, que demuestran que como ser, es posible. Pero nos gustan más de 6. Del mismo modo no hablaremos de motores de los 10 para arriba, incluidos los que son la combinación de dos motores V8. Son motores muy complejos. para coches muy especiales y muy caros, además de tener ya unas dimensiones muy considerables. Hemos quitado los motores de 8 cilindros en línea porque, sencillamente, ya no quedan, aunque los hubo y muy afamados, como los de Bugatti. Y motores de 6 cilindros en línea sigue habiendo, a mí me gustan, especialmente los de BMW, pero cada vez quedan menos. Ventajas de los V6. Vamos a ver qué ventajas tiene un motor V6: -Compacidad. Puede tener un tamaño no solo reducido, sino muy conveniente por “cuadrado” frente a un alargado 6 en línea. -Menor peso. Frente a un V8 sin duda el V6 es más pequeño y ligero… más o menos un 33 por ciento, la proporción que hay entre 6 y 8. -Mantenimiento. Esto lo voy a contar con una anécdota… Cuantas menos piezas, más barato. -Sonido. Mira, hazme caso, salvo un V12, no hay motor que suene mejor que un V6, que iguale su musicalidad… Ventajas de los V8. Vamos a ver, a cambio, que ventajas ofrece un V8. -Cilindrada. A partir de una cierta cilindrada, que hemos puesto en 4.0 litros, mejor V8. -Par. Los V8 ofrecen un ar a bajas vueltas notable, no solo por ser de alta cilindrada, sino por su forma de entregar la potencia. -Duración. Los viejos motores V8 americanos eran, sencillamente, eternos. Un V8 de alta cilindrada y una potencia razonable, puede girar a bajas vuelta y es eterno. -Logo. Esto lo cuento con una anécdota de mi exsuegro (CONTAR mi suegro orgulloso de gastar gasolina en un genuino V8 americano). Seamos sinceros, llevar un logo V8 en la trasera de tu coche, es un verdadero “plus” para muchos. Conclusión. La conclusión esta vez es no sencilla, sino sencillísima. Y es esta: ¡Olvídate de todo lo que te hemos contado! Muchos me diréis: “¿15 minutos de vídeo para que nos digas esto?”. Es cierto, pero no es mi culpa… es culpa del turbo. Y es que con un turbo para conseguir mucha potencia no te hace falta mucha cilindrada, así que mejor un compacto y algo más sencillo V6 con turbo que un V8.

We sat down with Angel owner of @Boosttechfab located on the southside of Houston. We talked about his V8 killer truck that was a v6, his shop builds, turbo kits, building crawfish, the shop, tuning, racing and more. Thank you all for the continued support!

¡Increíble! Porque no, no es el mejor deportivo de Ferrari… ¡es el mejor deportivo de la historia! Y no, no es cosa mía, expertos que saben más que yo y que han probado más coches que yo coinciden en esto. Y es que el F40 tiene características únicas: Es una idea de Enzo y es el último Ferrari diseñado bajo la estricta batuta de “Il Commendatore”. En 1986 Enzo no era feliz. O al menos no del todo. ¿El motivo? No era uno, sino dos, con nombre, Porsche y Lamborghini, y apellidos, 959 y Countach 5000 QV. Dos coches más sofisticados y rápidos que los Ferrari del momento y con mucha capacidad de seducción… Que Porsche superase a Ferrari, Enzo, lo llevaba mal, pero que el “Maldito” Ferrucio Lamborghini hiciese un coche más rápido era, sencillamente, IN-TO-LE-RA-BLE. Enzo en 1986 tenía 88 años y no quería morirse sin solucionar este “problemilla”. Así que llamó a su ingeniero de confianza, Nicola Materazzi y le dijo sencillamente que quería diseñar el mejor deportivo del momento, que superase al 959 y al Countach no solo en prestaciones, sino en tecnología, atractivo y personalidad. Materazzi pensó en cuál podría ser la mejor base de partida para hacer el mejor deportivo de la historia… un coche de carreras que pudiese matricularse… ¿Y qué tal partir de un coche de Grupo B? No era mala idea. Ferrari había homologado en Grupo B nada menos que el 288 GTO Evoluzione… pero luego el Grupo B desapareció y 5 unidades perfectamente preparadas se quedaron guardadas en los almacenes de Maranello. Al partir de un coche de competición se heredaron cosas como el chasis tubular y el motor V8. Ferrari sentía que el punto fuerte de su marca eran los motores. De hecho, una frase célebre de Enzo era: “Vendo motores… el coche lo regalo, porque el motor tiene que ir en algún sitio”. Un crack. Pero es que además el motor más característico de Ferrari es el V12… y el GTO llevaba un V8. Pero un V12 era más grande y pesado y, gracias a la tecnología Turbo, no era necesario para conseguir la potencia que se quería, próxima a los 500 CV. Imagino la de argumentos que tuvo que utilizar el pobre Materazzi para convencer a su jefe… ¡pero le convenció! Heredar el motor del GTO Evolucione no fue mala cosa, pues el V8 de 2.936 cm3, 4 árboles de levas en cabeza, 32 válvulas y doble turbo IHI, ofrecía en la versión definitiva del F40 nada menos que 478 CV a 7.000 rpm. Siguiendo las instrucciones de “Il Commendatore” el coche no tenía ninguna ayuda a la conducción… y ninguna es ninguna… ni servofreno, ni servodirección, ni cambio secuencial, ni siquiera antibloqueo de frenos ABS. La genialidad del diseño de Leonardo Fioravanti quedó patente, ha quedado patente, en el F40. No voy a hablar de la estética del coche porque, sinceramente, no me siento capaz de ser objetivo. Pero detalles como el frontal o el capo trasero que deja ver el motor y con sus branquias de ventilación, crearon escuela. Pero no solo eso, sino que el CX era de solo 0,34 algo muy bueno para un deportivo, porque no es fácil conseguir una buena penetración en el aire y, además, una buena “carga aerodinámica”. Imagino que todos sabéis lo que es la relación peso/potencia, es el número de kilos que tiene que arrastrar cada caballo, que es de 2,3 kg(CV en el F40. Pensemos en un buen deportivo actual, ¿Qué te parece un Porsche 911 Carrera? Es un coche que según todas las pruebas que puedas leer, es un “tiro” gracias a sus 385 CV… y pesa 1.545 Kg. Eso es una relación peso/potencia de 4,01 kg para cada caballo… ¡casi el doble que el F40! No te fíes del número de caballos. Vámonos al límite, el Bugatti Veyron de 1.001 CV. Pues pesaba 2.000 kg, así que la relación peso potencia era de 2 kg por caballo. Ligeramente mejor que la del F40… pero cuando llegan las curvas o las frenadas… ¡nada que ver! Enzo lo tenía claro: El peso era prioritario y por eso no montó ningún elemento de confort… salvo el A/A, con buen criterio en mi opinión. A mí el interior del F40 me parece sencillamente espectacular. Los asientos auténticos “bacquets” de competición, la postura y posición frente al volante, perfectas y la visibilidad, para ser el coche que es, muy buena hacia delante y los lados… ¿Y hacia atrás? Pues mala o muy mala, pero ¿qué importa? Nadie te va a alcanzar, eso seguro. El coche fue un éxito increíble: Solo se pensaban hacer 400, que no iban a ser fáciles de vender, y se fabricaron 1.315 unidades. Cuando se vendieron en España su precio era de 40 millones de pesetas, unos 240.000 euros...un 50 por ciento más caro que el Ferrari más caro hasta ese momento. ¡Ese precio sería hoy en día un negociazo!

We go into spooky mode this week, as we watch and discuss the first 3 episodes of horror anime Another. We also talk about V8, various movies we've watched lately, Agatha Christie, when HIPAA applies, and when umbrellas invert. | Rate us nicely on Apple Podcasts | Support us on Patreon | Follow us on Twitter | Subscribe to us on YouTube | Join the fan Discord --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jjbpod/message

On this episode, we drive the Ford Mustang Dark Horse. Our experts discuss the Mustang's legacy, V8 powertrain, and race-inspired technology. We explore the future of muscle cars and wonder if the 7th generation Pony Car is the last of its kind. We also answer audience questions about cylinder deactivation and the best vehicle for a long commute. SHOW NOTES:   0:00 - Intro   0:16 - 2024 Mustang model lineup   3:44 - Dark Horse powertrain   5:00 - 10-Speed automatic transmission   8:26 - Handling & ride dynamics   9:25 - Ford Drift Brake   12:06 - Driver screen & infotainment   15:40 - Seats   16:47 - Gauge clusters   17:40 - Is this the last Mustang?   19:24 - Audience Question   LINKS:   2024 Ford Mustang: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/ford/mustang/2024/overview/   2024 Ford Mustang Early Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFinVVIOl3c   Find the Best Sports Cars & Convertibles: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/sports-cars/

On this episode, we drive the Ford Mustang Dark Horse. Our experts discuss the Mustang's legacy, V8 powertrain, and race-inspired technology. We explore the future of muscle cars and wonder if the 7th generation Pony Car is the last of its kind. We also answer audience questions about cylinder deactivation and the best vehicle for a long commute. SHOW NOTES:   0:00 - Intro   0:16 - 2024 Mustang model lineup   3:44 - Dark Horse powertrain   5:00 - 10-Speed automatic transmission   8:26 - Handling & ride dynamics   9:25 - Ford Drift Brake   12:06 - Driver screen & infotainment   15:40 - Seats   16:47 - Gauge clusters   17:40 - Is this the last Mustang?   19:24 - Audience Question   LINKS:   2024 Ford Mustang: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/ford/mustang/2024/overview/   2024 Ford Mustang Early Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFinVVIOl3c   Find the Best Sports Cars & Convertibles: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/sports-cars/

Bentley's Bentayga helped bring Bentley into the modern crossover battles when it surfaced in 2015. Bentley updated its hot-selling Bentayga in 2020 with some styling and tech enhancements to help make it even more competitive in a hotly contested luxury car space. Borrowing the styling direction from the rest of the Bentley lineup, the Bentayga doesn't look out of place in a Bentley fan's driveway. Available in standard and long wheel base versions, the Benyaga also packs an array of different powertrains. The top-flight W12 is at home in the Bentayga speed, where it sends 626 hp into an eight-speed automatic. Bentley also offers the Bentayga with its 3.0-liter V6 hybrid and a 4.0-liter turbocharged V8. This Bentayga tester packs the 542 hp V8 under the hood. On this episode of Quick Spin, Autoweek executive editor Tom Murphy hops behind the wheel of the 2023 Bentley Bentayga Azure and puts it through its paces. Murphy takes you on a guided tour of the Bentley and highlights some of its interesting features. Murphy also takes you along on a live drive review. Adding to these segments, Murphy chats with host Wesley Wren about the Bentley Bentayga, its competitive set, and if it lives up to the Bentley heritage. Closing the show, the pair break down what makes the Bentayga special.

Aussie high performance consultant and strength & conditioning coach Paul Haines of  has been instrumental in the development & success of the many elite athletes in highly coveted & high pressure international sporting arenas. Formula 1 with Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso - Red Bull), V8 supercars with Jamie Whincup, Will Davison, Matt Payne, & Dave Reynolds, & AFL (Aussie Rules) the Adelaide Crows & then deeply ingrained into the Geelong Football Club (AFL) where they achieved Premiership success in 2007 & 2009, working with the greats of Gary Ablett Jnr, Jimmy Bartel & Matthew Scarlett.Paul has further applied his unique skill set to the Australian Armed forces, elite swimmers, para-athletes, and “general population” looking to obtain an edge in their health and performance outcomes on the field, in the gym or in the boardroom.In this “can-do road map for success' interview, Paul shares with Andrew how his attitude to continually learn and grow, a rural Australia hard work ethic, combined with a bit of bravado & do what it takes to get the job done frame of mind has taken him from a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Movement degree in 2001 at the University of South Australia to the top of the sporting tree.Enjoy this hour of high energy, enthusiasm & love for life and humility with Paul Haines*Our show sponsor is Muvitality Medicinal Mushrooms for modern day health and wellness | Mu …Go to muvitality.com and use the code JD10 to receive a 10% discount on your purchase of Mu Functional mushrooms such as Lions Mane, Cordyceps, Chaga, Reishi, and Turkey tail functional mushroomsHere are some useful links for this podcasthttp://www.performelite.net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-haines-bappsc-human-movement-aes-ahpm-asca-pl2-94a66827/?originalSubdomain=auhttps://www.facebook.com/PerformEPTRelevant episodesEpisode 75 - Olympic gold medals, creativity & coaching with S & C industry disruptor Rett Larson https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/episode-75-olympic-gold-medals-creativity-coaching/id1527374894?i=1000614846597Episode 70 - Fighting Monkey Founder Jozef Frucek on solving real life problems with creative thinking & strategies https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/episode-70-fighting-monkey-founder-jozef-frucek-on/id1527374894?i=1000604943679JOINT DYNAMICS links:Joint Dynamics Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JointDynamicsHongKong/Joint Dynamics Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/jointdynamics/Joint Dynamics Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQZplKxZMSvtc6LxM5WckwJoint Dynamics Website - www.jointdynamics.com.hk Host - Andrew Cox - https://www.jointdynamics.com.hk/the-team/trainers/andrew-cox

¡Ojo! Esta no es otra lista más de coches carísimos. No. Es una lista especial porque, sencillamente, la mayoría de ellos no me gustan. Me parecen destinados a los aficionados al dinero más que a los aficionados a los coches. Como siempre en estas listas se puede discrepar, porque hay coches casi hechos por encargo y “a la carta” que no están aquí y que pueden superar en precio a los que hemos escogido.Voy a ordenarlos por precio, comenzando por los más “baratos” … y a calificarlos con algún adjetivo… Bentley Batur: 2 millones € Comenzamos con el más asequible de esta lista, un Bentley de dos toneladas de peso, motor W12 biturbo de unos 750 CV y todo el equipamiento que puedas imaginar. ¿Para qué sirve este coche? ¿Para viajar? y ¿dónde aparcas cuando pares a comer? Porque un coche así no lo puedes dejar en cualquier sitio. Mi calificación es que se trata de un coche para… ¡nuevos ricos! Solo para 18 nuevos ricos, no se van a fabricar más. Aston Martin Valkyrie: 2,5 millones € Es la lo más parecido a un monoplaza de F1 que puedas matricular con poco más de 1.000 kilos de peso y 1.160 CV procedentes de su motor V12 atmosférico. Sólo se fabricarán 150 unidades y la pregunta es: ¿Quién se va a comprar? Te lo digo yo, ¡nadie! y es que por 10 veces menos… repito, ¡10 veces menos! Te compras el 911 GT3 RS. Lo tengo claro clarísimo… este coche para mi es… ¡absurdo! Ferrari Daytona SP3: 2,5 millones € Y es que Ferrari, con su serie “Icona” de coches inspirados en leyendas quiere parte del pastel, Lógico. Este modelo se trata de un “hypercar” como los de otras marcas, pero con el “Cavallino” en el capó. A pesar de que tiene “solo” 840 CV procedentes de un V12 atmosférico, me voy a atrever a calificarlos con coche de… ¡ensueño! McLaren Speedtail: 2,5 millones € Pretende ser lo más de los más de McLaren, se fabricarán unas 100 unidades con sus 3 plazas y 1.070 CV. Para disfrutar de un coche en circuito para mi le sobaran caballos y dinero… Así que lo voy a calificar de… ¡absurdo! Prefiero otros modelos de McLaren. Koenigsegg CC8: 3,5 millones € Subimos la apuesta en un milloncito y nos vamos a una de esas marcas de nombre impronunciable: Koenigsegg. Justo es reconocer que, de estos fabricantes suecos, de lo que antes se llamaba “supercars” y ahora “hypercars” son los de mayor historia y tradición. De este modelo con motor V8 biturbo y 1.385 CV solo se fabricarán 70 unidades… Para mí, a pesar de mi simpatía por la marca, es un coche para… nuevos ricos. Gordon Murray Automotive T.50: 3,5 millones de € El bueno de Murray, diseñador entre otros del primer McLaren de calle, ha decidido ganar un dinerillo y fabricar 25 coches a la “antigua usanza” con muchos caballos a base de cilindrada y sin turbo, un V12 de 4 litros y 710 CV… que me parecen muchos sin turbo, ligero, muy ligero, con menos de 900 kg, con pocas ayudas electrónicas y relativamente barato. Lo calificaría de… interesante. Bugatti Mistral: 5 millones de € Os explico de que va este coche: Partes de un Chiron y le quitas el techo. Como el coche pesa un montón, más cerca de 2 toneladas que de una y media, tienes que reforzar el chasis y eso cuesta una pasta. Eso sí, conservas la tracción total y el motor de 16 cilindros, 4 turbocompresores, 8 litros y 1.600 CV, para que tu coche una velocidad punta limitada a… 420 km/h… sin techo… porque no está previsto un techo duro. En circuito es pesado, por la calle torpe y excesivo e ir a 400 km/h sin techo no solo es ilegal, es estúpido. ¿Mi valoración? Sin duda… una pesadilla. Pagani Huayra Codalunga: 7 millones de € Otro clásicos dentro de los ”Hypercars” los coches de Pagani… pero en esta ocasión Horacio Pagani ha rizado el rizo con su programa denominado “Grande complicazioni”. O sea, que lo que verdaderamente mola de este coche es lo complicado que es su motor V12 biturbo de 840 CV y su sofisticado chasis… Muy complicado debe ser, pues solo piensan fabricar 5… Mi valoración es… “sacacuartos”. Mercedes Maybach Exelero: 8 millones de € Realmente este coche no debería estar aquí, pues se trata de un prototipo único, pero le he incluido por dos motivos: Uno, porque se acabó vendiendo al Sr. Bryan Williams… ¿no le conocéis? Es un rapero cuyo nombre artístico es “Birdman”. Rolls Royce Boat Tail: 23 millones de € ¡Se me agolpan los adjetivos! Y mira que me gusta Rolls, pero este coche que pretende emular a un barco es una creación única… a Dios gracias. Lleva en el maletero un set para hacer picnic… ¿os imagináis una estupidez mayor que comprar un coche de 23 millones de euros para ir al campo a hacer picnic? Coche del día. Después de hablar del Porsche 911 GT3… ¡pues me ilusiona poder tener este coche para rodar en circuito! Además, si se te queda “pequeño” hay multitud de opciones de potenciación… y no es un coche complejo y sí muy fiable.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: The Rich Zeoli Show is LIVE from the Grand Hotel in Cape May, New Jersey for our special Friday the 13th broadcast! On Thursday night, a Philadelphia police officer was killed during a shooting in the Terminal D parking garage at the Philadelphia International Airport. A second officer is currently hospitalized and is reported to be in stable condition. In a clip that has gone viral, Justin Trudeau— son of Pierre Trudeau and definitely not the son of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro— was confronted by a critic who mocked the Canadian Prime Minister for claiming to be concerned about climate change while simultaneously allowing “nine V8 engines” in his motorcade to remain “idling for 30-minutes.” Comedian Mark Riccadonna joins The Rich Zeoli Show for a hilarious conversation. On Thursday, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was charged with acting as a foreign agent for Egypt. Riccadonna notes that he thought all international secret agents looked like James Bond in Goldeneye—but now Menendez has proven cinema wrong. Want to see one of Mark's upcoming shows? Find details here: https://markriccadonna.com On Thursday night, Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced that he would withdraw from the House speakership race—seemingly clearing a path for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to become the new Republican nominee. But can Jordan get the 217 House votes he needs? Luke Broadwater of The New York Times writes: “Representative Ann Wagner of Missouri called Mr. Jordan's candidacy a ‘nonstarter.' Representative Don Bacon of Nebraska, who represents a district won by President Biden, said lawmakers were worried about caving to the whims of the hard-right members who had refused to back Mr. Scalise. Representative Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota, a supporter of Mr. Jordan's, acknowledged that there were Republicans who would not support him ‘because they don't want to reward that behavior.' Some members, foreseeing a fight that could drag on for weeks, were also discussing how they might give Representative Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina—the temporary speaker whose role is primarily to hold an election for a speaker—more power to carry out the chamber's work until the conflict could be resolved.” You can read Broadwater's full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/us/politics/house-speaker-jordan-scalise.html

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (10/13/2023) 3:05pm- The Rich Zeoli Show is LIVE from the Grand Hotel in Cape May, New Jersey for our special Friday the 13th broadcast! 3:15pm- On Thursday night, a Philadelphia police officer was killed during a shooting in the Terminal D parking garage at the Philadelphia International Airport. A second officer is currently hospitalized and is reported to be in stable condition. 3:20pm- In a clip that has gone viral, Justin Trudeau— son of Pierre Trudeau and definitely not the son of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro— was confronted by a critic who mocked the Canadian Prime Minister for claiming to be concerned about climate change while simultaneously allowing “nine V8 engines” in his motorcade to remain “idling for 30-minutes.” 3:30pm- Comedian Mark Riccadonna joins The Rich Zeoli Show for a hilarious conversation. On Thursday, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was charged with acting as a foreign agent for Egypt. Riccadonna notes that he thought all international secret agents looked like James Bond in Goldeneye—but now Menendez has proven cinema wrong. Want to see one of Mark's upcoming shows? Find details here: https://markriccadonna.com 3:45pm- On Thursday night, Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced that he would withdraw from the House speakership race—seemingly clearing a path for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to become the new Republican nominee. But can Jordan get the 217 House votes he needs? Luke Broadwater of The New York Times writes: “Representative Ann Wagner of Missouri called Mr. Jordan's candidacy a ‘nonstarter.' Representative Don Bacon of Nebraska, who represents a district won by President Biden, said lawmakers were worried about caving to the whims of the hard-right members who had refused to back Mr. Scalise. Representative Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota, a supporter of Mr. Jordan's, acknowledged that there were Republicans who would not support him ‘because they don't want to reward that behavior.' Some members, foreseeing a fight that could drag on for weeks, were also discussing how they might give Representative Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina—the temporary speaker whose role is primarily to hold an election for a speaker—more power to carry out the chamber's work until the conflict could be resolved.” You can read Broadwater's full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/us/politics/house-speaker-jordan-scalise.html 4:00pm- Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to be the next Speaker of the House. However, despite the endorsement, he said he doesn't see a floor vote happening until next week. 4:15pm- In a closed-door vote, House Republicans have nominated Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to be the next Speaker of the House—he received 124 votes. The only other candidate running against Jordan, Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA), received 88 votes. Though, according to reports, there is still uncertainty as to whether Jordan can unify the Republican caucus and win the speakership on the House floor. 4:30pm- Scott Presler—Executive Director of Early Vote Action—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his goal of making Joe Biden a one term president. Presler is traveling across the country to turnout the Republican vote in the most important swing states across the country: Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. You can learn more about Early Vote Action, and find out where Presler will be appearing in Pennsylvania this month, here: https://earlyvoteaction.com/learn/resources/about-us/ 4:40pm- On Thursday night, a Philadelphia police officer was killed during a shooting in the Terminal D parking garage at the Philadelphia International Airport. A second officer is currently hospitalized and is in stable condition. Mayor Jim Kenney and Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford held a press conference Friday afternoon updating the situation. You can read updates as they occur here: https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/live/philadelphia-airport-shooting-police-officer-killed-20231013.html 5:00pm- Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss several university campuses, perhaps most notably at Harvard, where student organizations have outlandishly offered support for Hamas. PLUS, trans-activist Dylan Mulvaney wins the 2023 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Award for “Woman of the Year.” You can pre-order Dr. Reilly's upcoming book here: https://www.amazon.com/Lies-My-Liberal-Teacher-Told/dp/0063265974 5:40pm- Ali Vitali of NBC News reports that House members “have been advised ‘that no votes are expected in the House until approximately 6:00 p.m. on Monday, October 16,' according to an email obtained by NBC News from Majority Whip Tom Emmer's office.” You can read updates as they occur here:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/house-speaker-live-updates-scalise-jordan-mccarthy-rcna120243 5:50pm- While appearing on Morning Joe, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) stated that Bob Menendez “should step down” from his position as U.S. Senator. On Thursday, Menendez was charged with acting as a foreign agent for Egypt. He had previously been charged with accepting bribes in exchange for influence. 6:00pm- John McNesby—President of Fraternal Order Police Lodge #5—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the tragic shooting at Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday night which resulted in the death of Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez. Officer Raul Ortiz was wounded during the shooting and remains hospitalized in stable condition. 6:20pm- While speaking at the Fight for Our Freedoms college tour, Vice President Kamala Harris told an audience that she “eats ‘no' for breakfast” and then bragged about her utilization of Venn diagrams. 6:40pm- On the social media platform X, Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA)—who was considered a candidate for Speaker of the House—wrote: “I highly respect Jim Jordan. He is an asset to the Republican Party and our nominee for Speaker. Our conference has spoken, and now we must unite behind Jordan so we can get Congress back to work.”

The Jaguar F-Type is unquestionably one of the most exciting cars to leave Jaguar's workshop in decades. Maybe dwarfed by the absurd XJ220, the F-Type took inspiration from legendary two-seat Jaguars of yore and brought them into the modern age. Debuting in 2013, Jaguar's F-Type has had a solid decade in the company's lineup. Making the F-Type even more interesting, Jaguar made it home to its absurd, supercharged V8. While the F-Type was interesting, and recently saw a styling refresh, it's going offline after 2024. Celebrating the F-Type, Jaguar gave this model a special 75th-anniversary package dubbed R 75. Formally named the 2024 Jaguar F-Type P575 R 75, you can rightfully decode that this Jag packs the potent 575 hp version of its supercharged V8 under the hood. That power travels through an eight-speed automatic to a four-wheel drive system. On this episode of Quick Spin, Autoweek executive editor Tom Murphy hops behind the wheel of the '24 Jaguar F-Type P575 R 75 and puts it through its paces. Murphy takes you on a guided tour of this F-Type and highlights some of his favorite features. Murphy later takes you along for a live drive review. Adding to these segments, Murphy chats with host Wesley Wren about this snarling Jaguar. The pair talk about the F-Type's run, the car's inspiration, and how it sits in the market amid shrinking competition. Closing the show, the pair break down what makes this Jaguar special.

Our guest tonight began his career in the automotive industry in the early 1960s, when he started importing small cars from Europe and Japan to sell in the United States. In 1968, he founded Subaru of America and helped to introduce the Subaru 360 to the American market. In the 1970s, Malcolm Bricklin turned his attention to creating his own sports car, the Bricklin SV-1. The car featured gull-wing doors and a fiberglass body, and was powered by a V8 engine. 2,854 units were sold and production ceased in 1975.  Today, Malcolm remains an active and influential figure in the automotive industry, continuing to explore new ideas and business ventures in pursuit of his entrepreneurial vision. And he's here to explain to us just exactly what he's been up to!  This episode is part of our ROAD TO SUCCESS SERIES - inspiring stories that help shape the future of the autosphere. ======================================================================== Check out our membership program and go VIP at: https://www.patreon.com/gtmotorsports Other cool stuff: https://linkin.bio/grantouringmotorsports GTM = Years of racing, wrenching and Motorsports experience brings together a top notch collection of knowledge, stories and information. #everyonehasastory #gtmbreakfix - gtmotorsports.org

Tom and guest-host Paul Herrold of the Sons of Speed opened the show discussing the Lexus RC F, a V8-powered small coupe that Paul recently spent track time with. Paul noted that though the RC F has grown dated since its 2014 introduction, the car is very capable on the street and on the track. Listen to hear Paul's complete review. Tom and Paul also discussed technological “fads” that were introduced by automakers to great fanfare, but since amounted to little in the market place. In the second segment Tom and Paul welcome Dave Sloan of the Chicago Automobile Trade Association. Dave shared his thoughts on a number of topics, including the UAW strike, EV startup carmakers working outside the franchise dealer system, and dealership acquisitions by large, national corporations. Dave joined Paul for this week's “Whose Brand is it Anyway” quiz. 

Los ingenieros suelen tener buenas ideas… pero no siempre. A veces las tienen malas, pero tienen suerte y… ¡resulta que funcionan! Os traemos unas cuantas soluciones que, si no fueron una mala idea, los ingenieros las tomaron porque no les quedó otra… y funcionaron. Ya sabéis mi simpatía por lo ingenieros y que mi formación fue por esos derroteros… por ambas cosas tengo mucha empatía con ellos. Y me hace gracia como se enfrentan a los problemas… de todo tipo. Vamos a ponernos en su piel… “Haz lo que puedas con lo que Dios te ha dado” es una de las frases más célebres de la excelente película “Forrest Gump” … Y este es el día a día de los ingenieros de la automoción, que rara vez parten de una hoja en blanco, sino que tienen que aprovechar algo que ya hay, ya sea un motor, un cambio, un chasis, para hacer “otra cosa”. O resolver problemas que surgen “sobre la marcha” de forma rápida y eficaz. A veces este da como resultado un batacazo enorme... pero en otras, contra pronóstico, la cosa funciona… y hemos elegido algunas de estas. 1. Más cortos por un lado. … que por el otro. La saga de los Renault 4, 5, 6 y 7 tienen una distancia entre ejes mayor por un lado que por otro. ¿Cómo es posible? Porque la suspensión posterior era de rueda tirada y el elemento elástico una barra de torsión… 2. Árbol de trasmisión en el motor. En el Lamborghini Countach el eje de transmisión pasa a través del cárter motor. ¿Cómo es posible eso? Os lo cuento. En este caso primero se diseñó la carrocería, una preciosidad obra de Gandini… y el jefe dijo que quería que eso coche llevase un motor V12… ¡pero no cabía! 3. No hay acero… pues ¡aluminio! Cuando los hermanos Wilks en 1947 comenzaron a fabricar el Land Rover se encontraron con un problema: La guerra había supuesto un consumo de acero brutal y su precio estaba por las nubes… Así que tenían un problema, ¿con que hacemos la carrocería de este coche? 4. ¿Solo 4 cilindros? Al excelente Porsche 968, si lees las revistas de la época, solo se le podía hacer un reproche…. su motor de 4 cilindros. ¿Y porque Porsche no hizo un motor de seis cilindros? Os recuerdo que el 968 es la evolución del 944 que a su vez lo es del 924, un modelo que se diseñó para VW y que finalmente fabricó Porsche… pero con el motor 4 cilindros de VW. 5. Sobran dos cilindros. Lo que no se atrevió a hacer Porsche sí lo hizo Citroën. Porque Citroën en su deportivo SM quería meter un motor Maserati… pero los V8 no cabían. Así que cortaron dos cilindros al V8 y tuvieron un 6 cilindros…pero calado a 90 grados. No era la mejor opción… pero el motor no iba mal. No fue el único caso porque nada menos que Peugeot, Renault y Volvo uncieron sus fuerzas para diseñar un motor conjunto. Y lo hicieron: Un V8. Y llegó la crisis y convirtieron el V8, cortando 2 cilindros, en un V6. Y ese motor PRV nunca fue un motor del todo “redondo”: 6. ¡Faltan dos cilindros! Un caso diametralmente opuesto es el del Dodge Viper, del que recientemente hemos hecho un vídeo. Por un lado querían hacer un coche muy americano, pero diferente a todo. Por otro tenían el motor de las camionetas, pickups o Truck Ram que era un V10 y con el que hicieron las pruebas en los primeros prototipos. 7. ¿Y las puertas? Mercedes quería hacer un gran coche para pruebas por carretera, el que acabaría siendo el famoso 300 SL “Alas de gaviota”. ¿Por qué esas puertas? Muy sencillo: Partieron de un motor 6 cilindros que ya tenían y de un chasis tubular inspirado en los Jaguar XK120. Para que el chasis fuese rígido, los laterales eran relativamente altos que impedían poner unas puertas “como Dios manda 8. ¿Reductora? No cabe. Muchos consideran que el primer Toyota RAV4 de 1994 ha sido el precursor de los SUV. ¿Por qué? Porque era “casi” un TT, pero no llevaba reductora. La idea de Toyota era clara y lo reflejaba el nombre, pues RAV4 significa "Recreational Activity Vehicle 4-wheel drive". 9 . ¿Dónde ponemos el motor? Al nieto de Ferdinand Porsche de dijeron que tenía que diseñar un deportivo para sustituir el 356… que era a su vez, siento que algunos “porschistas radicales” se enfaden, un Escarabajo con motor más potente y carrocería más ligera y deportiva. Pues básicamente para no enredar y aprovechar lo que tenían decidió poner el motor atrás… 10. ¡Fuera pintura! Esta historia muchos la conocéis. En 1932 el reglamento de lo que entonces podía ser lo más parecido a la Fórmula 1, cambio y el peso máximo pasa de 1500 kg a 750 kg. En la Carrera Internacional del Automóvil Club de Alemania 1934 al verificar el peso del Mercedes de Manfred Von Brauchitsch pesaba 751 kilos, exactamente uno más de lo permitido. ¿Y que hicieron? Pues Neubauer, el jefe del equipo, preguntó a los mecánicos “¿Cuánto pesa la pintura de los coches?”

Tim and Josh chat about Yosemite bouldering, gym climbing, bad setting, and the hard truth that just because you've climbed V8, doesn't mean you're a V8 climber.Then Tim and Josh answer some of the burning questions from listeners:When and how-to session with the local strong crew.How to deal with all the training advice on social media that is sometimes contradictory.How to handle with “morpho” climbs, and what to do if you are on the shorter or taller end of the spectrum.SHOW NOTES:Becoming a Supple LeopardSupport us on Patreon: HEREVisit our podcast page: HERESign-up with one of our coaches: HEREFollow us on Instagram: HERE

On this week's show, Keith goes to Vermont to build a box and has issues with Brattleboro food and beverage service. Shopcat Jerry has an explosive trip to the vet and Jason takes the first steps toward his new Hard Cider company by putting a V8 engine on his apple press.Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/shopsoundspodcast.You can find us on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook and Tiktok : @bourbonmoth and @kjsawdustAnd don't forget to check out Bits & Bits at www.bitsbits.com and use coupon code MORSELS15 to save 15%Be sure to hit up Katz-Moses Tools at www.KMTools.com - cool tools at a fair price. If it's on their website, it's in Jonathan's apron.Wanna feel good about yourself?? Check out Katz-Moses Woodworkers with Disabilities Fund at https://kmtools.com/pages/kmww-charityThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5883154/advertisement

Billy THE MOTHAFUCKIN Kid hops on to talk about reverse one ton swapping an f250. He wheels a f250 on 40s with all that V8 whhhhooooopooooows. We chat about how the 01 ended up being the beat up truggy-thing it is, wheeling SMORR, the web wheelers ball saga, and what is coming up next in that poor poor poor trucks life. 

Todos sabemos que Pegaso es una marca mítica y rodeada de misterios y de historias desconocidas e interesantes. Y hoy vamos a contar una de ellas, la historia de las excepcionales berlinas 4 puertas de Pegaso que no llegaron a nacer. El centro técnico de Pegaso se llamaba CETA, iniciales de ”Centro Español de Técnicas de Automoción”. En su memoria de 1947, en la que se reflejaba todos los objetivos y trabajos que iba a abordar Pegaso, se hablaba de camiones, de autobuses, de autobastidores, de motores marinos, de tractores y se remataba con esta frase: “Inicios de estudios y proyectos de un coche de calidad para servicios de representación y para exportación”. La intención de hacer una berlina de lujo ya estaba clara en 1947, pero seguía intacta en 1949 donde en una ponencia se hablaba abiertamente de la fabricación de 200 berlinas de representación con motor de gasolina de 125 CV. El proyecto era muy ambicioso. Ricart comentaba que el motor, la parte más compleja, ya estaba completamente desarrollado. Había ideas claras para el bastidor y suspensiones. Y que, para el diseño de la carrocería, recomendaba la contratación de la casa Farina de Torino, en esos momentos una de las empresas líderes en diseño y fabricación de carrocería. El Pegaso Z101 era un cochazo… y lo sería hoy día, pero en la España de 1949 era imposible soñar con algo así y menos fabricado en España. Este primer diseño, prácticamente finalizada, era de un coche con una distancia entre ejes de 3,3 m. una longitud de casi 5,5 m. y un motor V8 de 4,5 litros y 150 CV a solo 4.500 rpm. Leyendo y viendo lo que Wifredo Ricart, alma del proyecto, y su equipo proponían es inevitable pensar que les dio un verdadero “subidón”. Y es que el motor V8 era realmente excepcional, pero es que pensaron incluso… en un V12. AL final se dieron cuenta de un “pequeño detalle”: No cabía en la carrocería del Z101. Bajo la denominación Z102 nace un coupé descapotable de dos puertas con distancia entre ejes y longitud reducidas de respectivamente de 3 a 2,9 metros y de 5,4 a 4,8 metros. También se pensó en una carrocería berlina para este Z102 que estéticamente tenía una clara influencia americana… una influencia que no era casual como veremos más adelante. En 1953 se sigue trabajando en el proyecto y nace el Z104 ya con muchas novedades. El motor es el mismo, el espléndido V8, pero las suspensiones cambian, sobre todo la trasera, que pasa a ser de ruedas independientes. Una idea tomada de jaguar entre otros es llevar los frenos traseros a la salida del diferencial para evitar “masas no suspendidas” es decir, aquellas que no se benefician de las suspensiones y que siguen el perfil del terreno, como ruedas, bujes o los propios frenos… cuanto menos, masas no suspendidas, mejor. Hubo una segunda versión de este Z104, más posibilista, tanto que el estudio de la carrocería se encargó nada más y nada menos que Touring, que a partir del original hizo un diseño algo más compacto. Era un coche “híbrido” porque fue un trabajo de cooperación entre la firma americana Studebaker y la propia Pegaso. La marca americana, en esos años, tenía una gama muy atractiva que llamo la atención de Ricart. En concreto el Studebaker Commander de 1953 fue la base del proyecto de Pegaso. Y es que el Commander se publicitaba como “el nuevo coche americano al gusto europeo”. El acuerdo era muy ambicioso y no se circunscribía a los coches. De hecho, en el contrato figuraban cláusulas como esta que os leo: “ENASA se compromete a hacer uso de sus mejores oficios y de ayudar a Studebaker a presentar al gobierno español vehículos militares Studebaker…” Conviene recordar que la buena relación de Wifredo con Studebaker proviene desde sus tiempos de Alfa Romeo, cuando la marca americana intentó fichar al técnico español. Se diseño motor V8 específico que tenía tanto en común con el V8 3,8 litros de Studebaker que da que pensar que la idea pudiese ser aprovechar cierta maquinaria traída de Norteamérica. Las medidas de motor, incluidos la distancia entre centro de cilindros, eran idénticas y con una equivalencia casi exacta en pulgadas. Este motor se estimaba que ofreciese unos 200 CV a 4.000 rpm. De este motor hubo multitud de variantes, una incluso pensada para otro proyecto de Pegaso que no llegó a realizarse: El monoplaza de F1. Realmente hay quien dice que Ricart no diseño un motor para un coche de calle del que podrían derivarse versiones de competición, sino que fue al contario, diseño un motor de competición del que podían derivarse versiones de calle. Studebaker estuvo al borde de la quiebra y Pegaso en vez de mirar a un lado, mira a otro, cambia los USA por Italia y en 1956 aparece en el acta del consejo de la empresa la propuesta para la fabricación del Z104 Touring, con la idea de montarlo en la nueva fábrica de Barajas, a la salida de Madrid, donde ya se fabricaban los camiones Pegaso… de hecho ese enorme complejo, que aún hoy existe, se llamaba entonces “Ciudad Pegaso”. El Pegaso Z104 Touring de 1956 era un diseño atractivo y posibilista… A finales de los años 50 España, que siempre estaba en crisis, sufrió una crisis económica aún mayor y se cancelan varios proyectos. Entre ellos el de los deportivos Pegaso Z103 de los que se liquida o destruye todo y el de las berlinas Z104, con todo el diseño hecho, un motor magnífico y un buen contrato con Touring. Wifredo Ricart presenta su dimisión. Fin. Realmente para hacernos una idea de cómo hubiese sido el Pegaso Z104 Touring podemos contemplar el Maserati Quattroporte de 1963… la conclusión no puede ser otra… ¡qué pena! O sí puede ser otra, ¡cambiemos la historia! ¿Cómo veis un vídeo de historia ficción en que Pegaso no de carpetazo a su división de coches? Coche del día. Voy a elegir a un coche elegante donde los haya: El Maserati 3000 GT Spyder Vignale… ¿Qué relación hay con lo que he contado? Ninguna, salvo que este coche, espectacular, aparece en el mismo número de la revista… ¡y quería que lo conociérais!

Jaguar started its big crossover push in 2016 with the launch of its F-Pace. Considering the luxury crossover space is full of brute 'utes, it only makes sense that Jaguar found another home for its 5.0-liter supercharged V8. Even though this Jag made its first appearance nearly a decade ago, the team behind it gave it a serious update for 2021. While the Jaguar F-Type is scheduled to see the end of the line next year, this F-Pace moves along with the 5.0-liter still under its hood. While the supercharged 5.0-liter is the star of the F-Pace's show, it's not the only upgrade. The F-Pace SVR also receives a special SVR body kit, quad exhaust tips, and revised suspension tuning to take advantage of the supercharged V8. On this episode of Quick Spin, Autoweek's Patrick Carone hops behind the wheel of the '24 Jaguar F-Pace SVR and puts it through its pace. Carone takes you on a guided tour of the F-Pace SVR and highlights some of his favorite features. Later, Carone takes you along for a live drive review where he shares his experiences with this Jag in real-time. Carone also chats with host Wesley Wren about the Jaguar F-Pace SVR, where it sits among the competition, and more. Closing the show, the pair breaks down what makes the 2024 Jaguar F-Pace SVR special.

El Dodge Viper es un coche muy americano… y al mismo tiempo, muy diferente a los demás coches “Made in USA”. Tras el vídeo que hice titulado “¿Por qué los coches americanos son tan malos?” muchos me dijisteis que era evidente que no me gustaban los coches “yankis” … pues a lo mejor no todos, pero éste, desde luego, sí. Por cierto, ¡y no lleva motor de camión! Sino de Lamborghini… Recordemos que es esos momentos Lamborghini era propiedad de Chrysler y en el primer prototipo “serio”, el VM01, se instaló un motor V8 tipo 360 procedente la Lamborghini. Pero les pareció poco… Y nace el prototipo VM02. Con la ayuda de los ingenieros de Lamborghini, más acostumbrados a trabajar con bloques de aluminio, diseñaron un V10 de 8 litros, relativamente ligero, aunque pesase 300 kg. y que ofrecía 405 CV a sólo 4.600 rpm… Eso permitía una aceleración de 0 a 100 en 4,6 segundos. Ya tenemos motor, pero, ¿Cómo nace este “aparato”? Pues gracias a un suizo… porque el Sr. Lutz nace en 1932 en Suiza… tiene nacionalidad norteamericana y suiza. Y es uno de los pocos ejecutivos que ha trabajado en las “tres grandes” americanas, Ford, GM y Chrysler. Y era un enamorado de los coches deportivos y admirador de los Shelby Cobra. Siendo Lutz presidente del grupo Chrysler se juntó con el diseñador de la casa, Tom Gale y hablaron de cuánto les gustaban los coches clásicos americanos, y en concreto, como no, los Shelby Cobra… era 1988 y Bob Lutz dijo… “¿por qué no hacemos un coche deportivo moderno inspirado en los Cobra?”. Y un año después, en el Salón de Detroit de 1989, se presentaba un prototipo. Me encanta decir eso de “yo estuve allí” … pero es que estuve. Pero, resacas aparte, lo cierto es que el coche gusto… como se suele decir, tuvo éxito de “crítica y público”. Tanto fue así que Lutz dio luz verde al proyecto… poniendo a trabajar a 85 ingenieros en ese coche de forma inmediata. Y trabajaron firme porque en 1991 nada menos que el mismísimo Carrol Shelby condujo una unidad de pre-serie como Safety Car en las 500 Millas de Indianápolis… un año después comenzaba su fabricación. Esos 85 ingenieros hicieron lo que se les encargó: Un coche de carreras matriculable… y se pasaron. Realmente el primer Viper, el RT/10 no es que fuese incómodo, ¡era un potro de tortura! El chasis de tubos era muy rígido y ligero, sobre todo en términos de “coche americano”. Las suspensiones también eran duras como piedras, entre otras cosas porque la distancia al suelo era mínima… cualquier baden o “guardia tumbado” europeo, era una trampa para el Viper. Inicialmente, las puertas no contaban con cerradura. Para poder abrirlas, había que retirar unas ventanillas de vinilo que estaban fijadas con cremalleras para acceder al tirador interno de la puerta. Un verdadero lío. La habitabilidad era escasa… y el calor insoportable… ¡incluso en invierno! Y lo peor, es que la opción del A/A, a mi modo de ver imprescindible, se hizo esperar esta 1994. La dirección era muy directa y asistida… pero dura. El embrague era de corto recorrido y duro… el cambio de seis marchas, manual, era rápido y preciso… y duro. Las suspensiones tenían un diseño excelente… pero eran duras… realmente había que estar fuerte para llevar este primer Viper. ¿Una tortura? Sí, pero una maravillosa tortura. Incluso para su época, un peso de 1.500 kg no era tanto… hoy día es casi un “peso pluma”, pero os recuerdo que el motor tenía 406 CV y el par era de 630 Nm… con esos rodillos y sin electrónica, no era un coche para novatos… Mucho más refinada fue la versión GTS coupé que contaba un techo con “burbujas” pensado en llevar casco y un motor potenciado hasta los 450 CV. Según la marca, era otro coche, pues el 90 por ciento de los componentes eran distintos entre el GTS coupé y el RT/10 Cabrio. El equipamiento mejoraba exponencialmente, con cierre centralizado, elevalunas eléctricos, Radio-CD, airbags y unos nuevos asientos con los cinturones incorporados. Además, en este 1996 nace la versión GTS-R destinada a la competición, que entre otras cosas contaba con motor de 470 CV y un paquete aerodinámico, con un llamativo spoiler delantero y un gran alerón trasero. Para entonces Chrysler pertenecía al grupo FCA, “Fiat Chrysler Automóviles” cuyo CEO en ese año era Sergio Marchione. Para justificar la desaparición de este modelo dio dos argumentos: ”Su bajo nivel de ventas y la obligación de instalar airbags de cortina en todos los coches a partir de dicho año”. Coche del día. ¡Por qué conformarse con uno! ¡Ni con dos! ¡Vamos con tres! Os traigo esta joya que guardo como “oro en paño”. Una edición especial de la marca y de la serie “Historical Teams”, de la marca Fly Car Model. Son los tres Dodge Viper del Team Oreca que participaron en las 24 Horas de Le Mans de 1998… preciosos… ¿o no? Y además, van como tiros.

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Audio Transcript:This media has been made available by Mosaic BostonChurch. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston ordonate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Heavenly Father, we thank you that you did not leave us in our darkness and rebellion, but because of your great love, your lavish love, the word tells us you sent your beloved Son, your one and only, the holy one of God, the Holy Lamb of God. Jesus, we thank you that you came to establish your kingdom and it's a kingdom that's ruled by your holy word from the inside out. You came preaching the word, and by doing so, you went to battle with Satan and the demonic, battling his lies and battling the confusion that comes with that. Jesus, we thank you that you taught God's word, God's pure, unadulterated, full throttle word. We pray that you make us a people, a church that loves your word, that searches out your word to find eternal life. And we thank you, Jesus, that you fulfilled all the Commandments of God. You fulfilled the will of God perfectly. And then we thank you that you offered yourself as a sacrifice on the cross. And Lord, on the cross, you cried out, "It is finished," because you came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. And you did that in a perfect life and full of obedience and love. And we thank you Lord that you triumph over Satan's sin and death by your resurrection. And we thank you that through your ascension, you now have taken a seat at the right hand of God, the Father. You went to the cross for the joy that was set before you, the joy of saving souls, redeeming humanity, and for the crown that you were given, a crown to reign and rule over us. We thank you, Jesus, that you're sitting at the right hand of God and you're waiting until all of your enemies have made a footstool for your feet. And you call us into this battle to know your word and to fight the powers of the demonic by the power of your Holy name. Lord, I pray if there's anyone here today who's caught in the nets of sins and the net of the demonic, I pray to release them today. Release them by proclaiming the truth to their hearts and minds, and when they know the truth, the truth will set them free. Lord, make us a people who want to not just learn about you, not just learn about your teachings, but to learn and then to follow you on a daily basis empowered by the Holy Spirit of God, which is given to each one of us when we repent and believe. Lord, bless our time in the Holy Scriptures. We pray all this in Christ's holy name. Amen. We're continuing our sermon series through the Gospel of Mark. We've called the series Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Mark and the Secret of God's Kingdom. The title of the sermon today is the The King Came to Preach. What Mark is doing is he's revealing that Jesus is King. He's the King over everything because he's God incarnate, come to vanquish Satan's sin and death and to reclaim all that is his. One of the effects of the fall when Adam and Eve were created by God, they were placed in the Eden. Everything was beautiful and perfect, and they lived in perfect harmony with nature, with God, and with one another. They believed the lies of the enemy, and by doing so they rejected the word of God. Therefore, they lost dominion of this earth. Satan usurped dominion through his lies. When Jesus comes, he comes to dethroned Satan, and it's fascinating how Jesus comes to establish his kingdom. One would expect that he comes with a host of armies forcing people into submission. He could have done that, but he chooses to come and wage war a different way. Yes, he does fight Satan's temptations. Yes, he does cast out demons, but the focus of Jesus' earthly ministry was countering the lies of Satan, which veiled the minds of human beings. Jesus came to wage a spiritual war, which in many ways was an ideological war. It's a war for truth. It's a war for the truth of who is God? What does he want from us? What are his commands and how are we to follow him? What you believe to be true about God is the battleground. St. Paul comments on this in 2 Corinthians 4:3. "Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case, the god of this world," that's Satan, "has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ is Lord with ourselves as your servants, for Jesus' sake. For God who said, let light shine out of darkness has shown in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." So it's a battle for truth and thus the phrase "blinded the minds" but it's not just a battle for truth. Satan knows the truth about God much better than any one of us knows. But Satan hates God. He hates the idea of God reigning over him. He knows he believes the truth, but that's not enough for us. As James says, "You believe that God is one. You do well." Even the demons believe and shudder. So it's not just a battle for the minds, it's a battle for the heart. We need God to speak to our hearts, to quicken them, to energize them, to regenerate them, cleanse them, illuminate them. This is why Jesus' kingdom is not an outside in kingdom. Every other kingdom is like that. Every other religion is like that. Here's the path. Here's the externalities that you do in order to be part of the religion of the kingdom, et cetera. No, Jesus' kingdom's inside out. He comes, he regenerates our hearts, he illuminates our minds and now we belong to Him. We are now his. Our life is now his double fold. It's his because he created us and it's his because he recreated us in ransom dust with his blood. Let's look at the text today. Today it's Mark 1:16-39. "Passing alongside the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net into the sea for they were fishermen." And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I'll make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee and John, his brother who were in boat in their boat mending the nets. And immediately he called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him. And they went into Capernaum. And immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching and they were astonished at his teaching for he taught them as one who had authority and not as the scribes. And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the holy one of God." But Jesus rebuked him saying, "Be silent and come out of him." And the unclean spirit convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice came out of him, and they were all amazed so that they questioned among themselves saying, "What is this, a new teaching with authority?" He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him. At once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee. Immediately, he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew and James and John with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her and he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up and the fever left her and she began to serve them. That evening at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons and the whole city was gathered together at the door and he healed many who were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons, and he would not permit the demons to speak because they knew him. And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place. There he prayed and Simon and those who were with him searched for him and they found him and said to him, "Everyone is looking for you." And he said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns that I may preach there also. For that is why I came out." And he went throughout all Galilee preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. This is the reading of God's holy, infallible, authoritative word. May he write these eternal truths upon our hearts. Three points to frame up our time. First, King Jesus commands, "Follow me." Second King Jesus exercises lies and demons. And third King Jesus came to preach truth and grace. First King Jesus commands, "Follow me." In verse 16, it starts with the word passing. He's passing alongside, but it's not just a word of him walking by. It's an allusion to the Old Testament and the Old Testament, Elijah passes by Elijah before commissioning him. In the preceding passage, God, before he commissions Elijah, he passes by. And if you recall the theophany to Moses, this is when God appeared to Moses. It was the same idea that God passed by in order to share his presence and then also to commission. As he passes by, he saw these two young men. The verb for saw is a possessive gaze. That means Jesus Christ sees them and he sees that they are his, and what's fascinating is he doesn't see the externalities. He doesn't judge his people, judge people by the outside. God judges by what's in the heart. He doesn't see their entrepreneurial spirit. He doesn't see their hardworking ethic. It's not those things that drew him to them. No, it was his choice. It was his initiative. And salvation is always the initiative of God first. He pursues, he comes to us, he seeks us out. He subdues our hearts. He calls us to himself. If you remember John 15, Jesus said, "You did not choose me. I chose you. Why? And I appointed that you should bear much fruit." And this is what he's telling these young men. He says, "Follow me and you'll become fishers of men. Follow me, and I have a vision for your life. I have a vision for the best version of you, the best version of your life." And the best version of your life is to follow Jesus as closely as possible. How do you get as close as possible to Jesus? You do what Jesus does. You go where Jesus goes. Jesus is saying, "I'm in the business of fishing for people, fishing for men." What he's saying, it's an allusion to the Old Testament. Anytime the phrase or the metaphor "fishing for people" is used, it's a metaphor for warfare. So Jesus comes as a king, as the commander in chief of the world, so to speak, and he's saying, "I'm the king. Come bend the knee to me. Begin to live under my lordship and reign and I'll be your perfect redeemer, and I will take you where I go and I will make you do what I do, which is saving people." A lot of people think that if I'm not a follower of Jesus Christ and I'm free from Christ, I'm free from God, I'm free from the commandments. And that's the lie of the evil one. That was the lie from the very beginning. Satan told Adam and Eve, "Don't listen to God. You don't have to obey him. Have freedom. You'll be like gods if you obey me. But if you stop obeying God immediately, you are in submission to the enemy." Those are the only choices and therefore you're caught in lies and you're caught in sins and you are not free. And Jesus here, he says, "I'll make you fishers of men." It's warfare language. I am recruiting you as soldiers. So when he says, "Follow me," he's drafting them into the holy army for hearts and souls. What's fascinating is that the word follow me, this is a command. He shows up to them, he says, "This is what you're doing." They drop their nets, they follow him. You mustn't forget that when God speaks, he speaks with authority because he is God. Every evening, we have devotions with our daughters. We have four daughters, and recently we've been going through this little book of devotions where they make the Bible digestible. Sometimes a little too digestible. So I'm reading a story about Jericho where the people of God were told by God to walk around the city for six days and it doesn't make sense to them, but they do what God says. On the seventh day, the walls crumble, et cetera. And the punchline for the story was sometimes when God asks you to do something, it doesn't make sense on the front end, but then after you do what he asks you to do, then you see the point. And I was like, "What?" As I read it, I'm like, "Whoa, hold on, hold on. God never asks us to do anything." When God speaks, he speaks with authority and he commands and that's what we see here. This isn't an invitation. This is a draft notice. You are mine and you are going to do what I said. And obviously that's the best thing for us. We see the brothers are named Simon and Andrew. Simon is the first one. Simon is Simon Peter. Later on in this book, Jesus changes his name in chapter three. He said, "You were given the name. Your birth name is Simon, but since you followed me, now you are mine. I'm going to give you a new identity. I'm going to give you a new vision and a purpose for life and a new name, the name of Peter, which means rock." And he's called Peter the rest of the gospel from chapter three on until chapter four. In chapter four, he reverts back to his old ways in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus said, "Peter, I need you to stay up. I need you to pray for me. I'm about to enter the biggest battle of my life, of my existence." This was on the cross as he battles Satan's sin and death and absorbs the wrath of God. And Peter fell asleep. So Jesus comes to him, says, "Simon, Simon, could you not even stay awake for an hour?" And it shows us that there is a tendency even after we come to Jesus Christ, even after we have been redeemed to revert back to our old ways, Peter is given the pride of place here in this list. In this chapter, four men are called. Peter is first and he's also always first in the list of the 12. He was the first disciple chosen by Jesus, and therefore he was the first disciple to whom the resurrected Christ appeared. We see this in 1 Corinthians 15. Now, I would remind you, brothers of the gospel, I preach to you which you received and which you stand by which you are being saved. If you hold fast to the word I preach to you, unless you believed in vain, for I delivered to you as of first importance, what I also received, that Christ died for our sins. And according with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures and that he appeared to Cephas. That's Peter. Then to the 12. Then he appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive though some have fallen asleep. And Jesus tells them, "Follow me." In rabbinic literature, the pupil or the disciple goes after the rabbi, but the Rabbi never says, "Follow me." The Rabbi would always say, "Follow my teachings, follow the teachings or the school of thought that I prescribe to." Jesus doesn't say that. Jesus says, "Follow me." Not just my teaching, but my teaching lived out. And this is important because a lot of people when they come to faith, they start studying scripture, start studying theology, and they're so engrossed by it and you should be because it's fascinating. It's mind boggling. It's mind blowing. It's incredible. Study the scriptures, but also understand that the God that wrote the scriptures is also the God who's always with us. When you close the book, you're still called to follow Jesus Christ. And this is what Jesus told the disciples. He said, "It's better that I leave. It's better for you that I leave because when I'm here, I am physically in your presence. But when I'm physically not in your presence, I'm not in your presence. It's better that I leave because when I leave, I will send the Holy Spirit." And the Holy Spirit allows us to always be in the presence of God, to always walk with God, to always speak with God. When we're reading the scriptures, you have access to the author of the scriptures as you believe and obey. So immediately they left their nets and they followed him. And we see the power of Jesus' word, "Follow me." And all of a sudden, all of the human reticence and reluctance has been washed away instantly as God has arrived on the scene. He speaks, they obey, they get in line, they follow him. It's commanded. Delayed obedience is disobedience. I know when God is moving in our church, and I know he's moving in this season in particular way because people come to me, people I've never met, and they say, "Look, I've never met you, but for some reason something is compelling me to come here. I don't know what it is. I have no Christian background, but I'm being drawn." I say, "I know exactly what that is. That's God drawing you and wooing you in. That's the authority of his Holy Spirit saying that you belong to him." He continues in Mark 1:19 going on a little farther. He saw James, the son of Zebedee and John, his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. Again, he saw. That's the seizure with his gaze. He sees because they are his. Zebedee here is mentioned to distinguish James and John from the other James and John in scripture. James the Lord's brother and John the Baptist. Peter with these two form the inner circle of Jesus Christ, and later they become the three pillars of the Jerusalem church. They were in the boat mending their nets. They're working. This was a small business and they had hired servants. In verse 20, it says, "Immediately he called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat and the hired servants and followed him." So they're living a nice middle class life. They have some employees and a business. They're doing fine. Then Jesus shows up and messes up their plans for their own life. And what we see is instantaneous obedience. He speaks. There's urgency. They immediately leave everything. There's an escalation from Simon and Andrew's calling because James and John don't just abandon their property as Peter and Andrew do, but they do leave their father behind. This shows us that Christ the king deserves commands, expects our uncompromising dedication. And no, we're not all called to be vocational Christians where we do this for full-time job, but we are all called to be full-time Christians, full-time followers of Jesus Christ. The point here is that nothing must stand in the way of our wholehearted devotion to Christ. Not finances, not family, not partnerships, not even parents. So Jesus Christ takes precedence. His authority is greater than even our parents. He must be first of everything in life. Mark 8:34, Christ says this explicitly in calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels will save it. For what is a prophet, a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul, for what can a man give in return for his soul?" So friend, today, are you following Jesus Christ? This is what it means to be a Christian. Are you following Jesus Christ wholeheartedly with wholehearted devotion? Or is there something in the way? Or is there something pulling you back from following him? Is he commanding you some specific mission that you just keep putting off, keep putting off? When Jesus commands, we are to say, "Yes, sir." So here we see the first batch of recruits and they're given a taste of battle as Jesus Christ goes to battle. In the previous sermon, we saw Jesus went into the wilderness to fight Satan. Satan tempted Christ. Jesus did battle with Satan against his temptations with the word of God as he memorized Deuteronomy. Every response was from the Book of Deuteronomy. And here we see Jesus go into the battle of a synagogue. He goes into a synagogue where the people of God met on a weekly basis and he begins to preach the word of God. And you say, "What was the substance of his teaching?" I think the substance of his teaching, wherever he went into the synagogues, the Sermon on the Mount. If you read the Sermon on the Mount, what Jesus is doing there is he's saying, "I'm establishing a brand new kingdom." But it's not different than the kingdom of the Old Testament. The kingdom of the Old Testament, God gives the 10 Commandments. These are the moral laws by which we are to live in the kingdom of God and establish the kingdom of God. And then Jesus said, "I didn't come to abolish law but to fulfill it." And then every single one of the commandments he goes through and he says, "You have heard it was said. But I say unto you, you have heard that it was said. The externals are enough." And Jesus said, "No, they're not enough. You have to obey out of heartful of love toward God, and you have to obey from the heart." So here Jesus goes into a synagogue. This is 0.2. King Jesus exercises lies and demons and we see the opening battle. He and the four disciples walk into the synagogue, verse 21, and they went to Capernaum. And immediately on the Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching. A Capernaum small village at the north end of the Sea of Galilee. Even today there's a magnificent restored synagogue there on that site from about the fourth or fifth century. They say it's built on the remains of the first century synagogue, presumably the one from the story. He goes there on the Sabbath, on the Lord's day, he'sfulfilling the commandments by worshiping God on the Sabbath. It was aSaturday. We gather as the people of God on a Sunday because Christ rose fromthe dead on a Sunday.and he goes into a synagogue. Whenever I come across Jesusin the synagogue, I'm like, "We are very biblical." We are sobiblical as we are in a synagogue on the Lord's day. What the word synagoguejust means, it's a place of gathering for the saints of God, of Jewish peoplewho gathered for worship, scriptural study. The word for church, ecclesia, hasthe same idea. It's the gathering of the saints of those who are called out byGod. And the Lord tells us, "Do not forsake the gathering of thesaints." And this is why we gather. What does he do? He teaches. What does he do? He probably teaches from the word of God and he teaches the word in a way that the people have never heard. This is verse 22, and they were astonished at his teaching for he taught them as one who had authority and not as the scribes. So Jesus as the word of God, as the Son of God, opens up the word of God and he teaches with the authority of God. He doesn't just say, "Some people said this about the ..." This is the word of the Lord, thus sayeth the Lord and the divine king is preaching and applying the word. It's fascinating that people have never heard sermons like this. They gather in the synagogue as the people of God and the scribes would get up. There's a difference in the content and the authority. And you say, "What were the scribes doing?" What the scribes were doing was they were teaching what the other scribes before them taught them. What happened through the years was people stopped preaching the word of God because the word of God is inherently offensive to sinners. It's inherently offensive to those who rebel against God. So they started placating the word, making it more palatable, softening it a little bit. What happened was they started teaching manmade rules instead of the law of God. And Jesus calls them out on this. He says, by quoting Isaiah, "These people, they honor me with their hearts, with their lips, but their hearts are far from me." They teach manmade rules as commands of God, therefore skillfully sidestepping the commandments. Jesus came in and he says, "Look, the commandments are still enforced, the 10 Commandments, and we've broken them." Every single one of us, we've broken the commandments. You can go through the 10 commandments. I'll just focus on the last one. The last one says, "Thou shall not envy. Thou should not envy anything that your neighbor has." We have all broken that commandment, especially in the day and age that we live. If you have social media, you've definitely broken that commandment. If you've driven around the house and seen some of the houses in Brookline, you've definitely broken that commandment. Inside our hearts, we've broken the 10th commandment and the word of God says that the penalty for breaking any commandment is death. Jesus comes in and he preaches the commandments and he says, "You have not kept them from the heart." So what do we need? We need someone to die instead of us, die in our place. And St. Paul talks about the law of God as a school master. It's supposed to teach us our need for grace. It's supposed to drive us to God, drive us to the cross and say, "Lord, I need grace." And this is what Jesus taught. In Mark 1:23 as soon as he's teaching the word, all of a sudden we see the Satan's not happy. Immediately, there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit and he cried out. So immediately as Jesus starts proclaiming the word of God, the demon makes his appearance and he does the same thing that Satan loves to do. Jesus tells a parable, "The sower is like the preacher. The sower goes and sows the seed of God's word. There are four different soils. One of the soils, the word lands on top because of the hardness of the heart and doesn't penetrate." And then Jesus says, "Then Satan comes swooping and steals the word and the word doesn't bear any fruit." And that's what this demon is doing. It says it's an unclean spirit. It's the opposite of the Holy Spirit and the man is with an unclean spirit. It was in him. The literal interpretation was the man's personality has been usurped by the demon. The demon has swallowed up the person. This is how Satan works. If you do not belong to God, you leave yourself open to being influenced and possessed by Satan. Satan as he enters you, demons as they enter you, they want to make the absolute worst version of you. They want to oppress the personality of the person where ultimately it's just the demon. And demons do the opposite of what the Holy Spirit does. When you repent of sin and you turn to Christ, you enter the kingdom of God. You're filled with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit wants you to become the best version of yourself, the most powerful version of yourself. He says, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men." That's the best version of you. In verse 24, the demon speaks, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the holy one of God." The demon understands there's a conscious difference. There's a difference of consciousness between them and Jesus. What are they doing? What's the demon doing here? He's invoking the name of Christ. He says, "Jesus of Nazareth." In ancient magical text, the magician would invoke the name of the God or the demon and say, "I know you." So the demon here is battling Jesus. And he's saying, "I know you, therefore I have authority over you." But he understands that authority is non-existent because Jesus has come to destroy them. He says, "Have you come to destroy us?" And the demon here is speaking the first person plural on behalf of all the demons. Zechariah 13 gives us a passage that is associated with exorcism when the Messiah comes, when the King of Israel comes, Zechariah 13:1. "On that day, there will be a fountain open for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness. And on that day declares the Lord of hosts. I will cut off the names of the idols from the land so that they shall be remembered no more. And also, I will remove from the land, the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness." He says, "I know who you are. You're the holy one of God. You're the one that's sent by God to silence the demons and to cast them out, to cleanse the land of the demons." In Mark 1:25, Jesus rebukes him saying, "Be silent and come out of him." By be silent, one translator says, "Be muzzled." Another says, "Shut your trap." It is rude language and he is rude to the demons because the demons have ruined absolutely everything. So we see Jesus' authority. He stands over the demons. Yes, they have a power, but his power is greater. In verse 26, "And the unclean spirit convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice came out of him." Convulsing him, the verb literally means to tear and rend. It's used especially of the action of dogs or carnivorous animals. And this is his last gasp. This is his last attempt to destroy his host. The demon submits, but he doesn't do it quietly, he does leave and he does depart. And Jesus miraculously saves this person from demonic influence. Are the demons alive today? Yes, they are. Are they operating today? Yes, they are. And we live in a day and age where they're becoming more and more explicit about it in music and Hollywood, et cetera. And there is a power. There is a power in the demonic. There is a power in the satanic. Satan does offer people things. "Follow me and I will give you..." This is the same temptation that he attempted Jesus with. "Submit to me, worship me and I will give you reign and rule over these cities." And this is happening and people are vocal about it. There's videos. I was watching a video of Bob Dylan when he was talking about when he was young, and he said, "I made a deal with Satan and he's the commander in chief of the world." And he said, "As soon as I did that, I would sit down and beautiful lyrics just started pouring out, but I can't do it anymore." It's true. People give room to Satan. Satan does possess. Satan does operate. And therefore, this is one of the commands of God is to repent of sin and turn to Christ. Leave that kingdom, leave Satan's power, accept a greater power. As soon as you repent and believe, God gives you the power of the Holy Spirit. Satan can no longer possess you, and God continues to use you and he continues to sanctify us. But demons do oppress. Even believers, they do attack, they do attempt to bring affliction. And we live in the city where demons are at work. Whenever I leave the city and I come back, I feel the oppression. I've even gotten to the point where I don't even want to leave the city because I don't even want to know that there's more tranquil places in the world. I just want to stay here, I'm rooted here, and battle Satan with prayers and the word of God. But we must know that the one who is in us is stronger than the one in the world. So if you are oppressed by a demonic, if demons do tempt, et cetera, et cetera, rebuke them. Rebuke them in the name of Jesus Christ. Say it out loud. "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus Christ, by the blood of Jesus Christ. I rebuke you." And they flee at his name. Mark 1:27, they were all amazed so that they questioned among themselves saying, "What is this, a new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him." And there is an ironic contrast in this text. They understand his authority. They understand that teaching is different. They understand that he rebukes even demons. And how many of them say, "Can I follow you? We want to follow you. We want to submit to you." No, it's just Jesus and the four disciples. So what's ironic here is the demons know the identity of Jesus better than these people. The demons obey Jesus, and these people do not. The question before us is, do we obey? Do we obey the king of kings? When he speaks, when his word is absolutely clear, when his will is absolutely clear, do we obey Jesus Christ? Matthew 25:41, "Then he will say to those on his left, depart from me, you cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels." Hell was prepared for Satan and demons, and Jesus came to save people from this place of torture, of eternal damnation. We do it by repenting of sin, turning to him and entering his kingdom. In verse 28, once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee, his fame spreads and people are beginning to realize the Messiah is here. The question is, will they obey? Point three is King Jesus came to preach truth and grace. Verse 29, "And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her." A few yards away from the site in Capernaum where they built a synagogue in the fifth century, there was a group of small one room houses over one of which is built an octagonal church in the fifth century, presumably because they thought that this was the place where Peter lived and it was the base camp for Jesus Christ and his ministry. I do want to point out that Peter had a house, and when Jesus Christ called Peter and said, "Follow me," one of the things that Jesus is doing is he's saying, "I have your heart. I have your time. I have your life." And everything that belongs to you now belongs to me. Jesus Christ here commandeers the house of Peter and Andrew. Later on, he commandeers their boat and he preaches off their boat. This is how King Jesus works. When your sins are forgiven, you enter the kingdom of God, you and everything you have, your heart, your soul, your mind, your strength, all of your talents, all of your opportunities, all the stuff you have is now in service to King Jesus. And here I do also want to point out that Peter was married. Simon's mother-in-law lay ill. He had a wife. So 1 Corinthians 9:5, Paul comments on this, "Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife as do the other apostles?" And the brothers of the Lord and Cephas. I say that because Peter is considered the first Pope. A Catholic church considers Peter as the first pope and the first pope was married. This is important. That should have set the example for the rest of the church. So many implications there. Mark 1:31. "And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up and the fever left her and she began to serve him." I love the tenderness of Christ's compassion. He sees Peter's mother-in-law sick. He takes her by the hand and he heals her, which is an incredible image of God. This is how God tenderly ministers to us in particular moments of darkness or pain or suffering. Isaiah 41:13, "For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand. It is I who say to you, fear not. I am the one who helps you." And he lifts her up. The word for lift her up is he raised her. It's the same verb that's used in his resurrection of the dead girl. And the fever leaves her immediately. As soon as she gets up, this is fascinating, she begins to serve them. They had just been in synagogue all morning and doing battle against lies and against demons. Something about the Sabbath when you come home, that lunch after Sabbath, you know what I'm saying? It's more delicious than any other lunch. And then the nap that comes after. It's just a glorious blessed sleep. That's what they were expecting, but she was sick. So Jesus heals her. And then it says she started to serve them. And this is the pattern of salvation. When Jesus saves us, the next response should be, "Jesus, what am I to do? How am I to serve you? How am I to serve your people?" Verse 32, "That evening at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons." So Peter's house is now the center of Jesus' ministry, and these people waited until the Sabbath ended. Because of their religious understanding of the Sabbath, you can't do any work and they assume that you can't even do good. And Jesus said in Mark 3:4, he said, "Is it lawful in the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent. So on the Sabbath, we are to worship God. It's a day devoted to the Lord, and we are to do good to people. So these people wait until the end of the Sabbath, start bringing these people to Jesus in verse 33. The whole city was gathered together at the door, and he healed many who were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak because they knew him. Jesus puts a divine gagging order on the demons. He doesn't want them to preach the gospel. He doesn't want them to preach his identity. He wants the disciples to do that. And then he wants to protect himself from the charge that he is colluding with Satan, which was a charge that the scribes and the Pharisees brought against Jesus. And Jesus said, "If a kingdom rises against itself, it shall not stand. I come to you casting out demons with the finger of God." Verse 35, "After a very busy day of ministry, after preaching and teaching and casting out demons, you expect Jesus to take a couple days, rest up." No. Instead, he steals hours from his sleep in order to spend time with God. Verse 35, "And rising very early in the morning while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place where he prayed." Why did Jesus do this? Why did Jesus take time to pray? He had no sins to repent of. He didn't need human possessions. Why does he spend time with the Father? He wants the Father's presence, and he understands that after serving people and after casting out demons, he needs power. He spends time in the presence of God, and by spending time in the presence of God, he is powering up. That's what prayer is. Prayer is powering up. This is how we recharge our battery. Satan attacks me usually on Saturdays because he wants to throw me off from preaching the word of God. And yesterday, I drive to the gym, I go to the gym, I do the workout. I'm exhausted. I'm just drenched with sweat. And I get in my car, and this is supposed to be the moment where I'm like, "All right, I can relax. I can drive home." It doesn't start. There's no lights. Nothing's working. I'm like, "Oh man, I've never had issues with my battery." And there's a guy that pulls up on one of those minis and I'm like, "It's okay. It'll do it." And I've got the jumper cables, I hooked up the mini and the whole time I'm like, "Lord, what are you trying to do? You want me to fish for this guy? I'll fish for this guy." And then he's like, "What do you do?" And I tell him what I do. So we had that conversation. His car wasn't strong enough. Then I had to go into the gym. There was another gentleman that let me jumpstart from his car. Wouldn't work. And then finally bring in Coach John from the gym. Coach John, big guy. He drives a white Highlander. Pull up the Highlander 2020. I'm like, "This'll do it great." Nothing. Nothing's working. And then I realized I probably need a new battery. Call up my wife. She comes. I tried to jump from the car. It doesn't work. We go to Auto Zone, get the new battery, come back to the truck. So much work. I'm not mechanically inclined. I know how to use YouTube University. So I'm on YouTube because the guy at AutoZone, he told me, he's like, "You need professional help." And I was like, "I know." He's like, "I mean professional mechanic." And I was like, "I know." And then he let me borrow his tools. I take the stuff apart. It's such a pain. I put the new battery in and my wife's like, "Don't put the bar on top. There's a bar that covered the battery." She's like, "Don't do it because it probably won't work." And I was like, "Get away from me with this lack of faith. Stop it." And she's like, "It's just the way the Lord always works with you. He makes you suffer." So then I get into the truck, I get into the truck, and it's not starting nothing. Nothing. At that point, I just started praying. I got nothing else. In Jesus' name, I'm casting out demons from my vehicle. Lord Jesus, please, please. And I said, "Amen." I pressed the button and it starts. So it was a little miracle. Praise the Lord. But it's all to say, it doesn't matter how powerful your engine, it's a V8. It doesn't matter how powerful, robust the frame, the tire. If the battery is dead, nothing works. And this is why prayer is so important. Prayer is how we recharge. In the presence of the Lord, you power up and you say, "Lord, what would you have for me to do?" And we live in a day and age where a lot of people are more concerned with the battery on their phone, how much the phone's charged than you're worried about the battery of your soul. And here Jesus gives us not just an example, but it is a charge that we are to make time to spend with the Lord, to power up in order to continue to serve him effectively. So as he's praying, Simon says, verse 36, "And Simon and those who are with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, everyone is looking for you." And you say, "Well, that's good. Everyone's searching for him." But the word for search here is always used in the hostile sense as if they were hunting for him, desperate in their search. Why this word to describe their search? Because they wanted what God could do for them. They wanted what Jesus could do for them. They wanted to use Jesus. They view Jesus as a king with external authority that's going to help me in the externalities of life. They weren't looking for a king to rule their hearts, their minds, their souls. They wanted a king to submit to them rather than submitting to the king and his agenda. They were seeking to control Jesus rather than following and obeying him. I saw this... It was like a cartoon of a guy who's in prison and he's behind bars and he's reaching for outside the bars. There were two things. There were keys. It's like you can get out. And there was a loaf of bread, and his hand went to the loaf of bread. This is what these people are doing. They're like, "Jesus, we want you to fix our short-term problem." Instead of saying, "Jesus, please release us from the captivity of Satan and sin." So what does Jesus do? He sees they're not looking for God. They're not looking for transformation. They're not looking to enter his kingdom. He says in verse 38, he said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out." And he went throughout all Galilee preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. The phrase for why I came out is an important phrase. It's used elsewhere to come out for battle. When Jesus was being arrested by the scribes, the Pharisees, the Roman soldiers, Mark 14:48, he uses the same phrase. And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out, as against a robber with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me." But let the scriptures be fulfilled and they all left him and fled. And Jesus says, "We could do miracles here." A short-term fix. Jesus didn't come just to heal the body primarily. He came to heal the soul. He came to regenerate heart. So he says, "Let us go on. This is why I came out, to battle Satan, sin and death." And he does that with his word. And then he says, "Let us go." He's including his disciples in that church. "Let us go. Let us preach the word. This is how we do battle against Satan, against the lies of the evil one. This is how the kingdom of God is built." In conclusion, there are ultimately only two kingdoms, the kingdom of Jesus Christ and the kingdom of Satan. And you today are currently in one or the other. You belong either to Jesus or to Satan. You are possessed either by Jesus or you are a possession of Satan and he can possess you at any time. King Jesus came to save you from Satan's dominion. And he did that by living a life of perfect submission to God, the Father, thereby fulfilling all the commandments from the heart. And then Jesus allows Satan to take his best shot at destroying the holy one of God. And Satan did his best, but he failed, praise be to God. And Jesus rose from the dead victoriously, proving once and for all who the real king is. The king today says, "Receive the good news. Repent, believe, submit, obey. Follow the king, and he will make you fishers of men." Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for your incredible word. We thank you, Lord, that you have a power and authority that is greater than even Satan, than even the demonic. And Lord, you entrust us with that authority, and you tell us to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that you taught us. And Lord, let us start with ourselves. Let us be a people who obey everything that you taught us, empowered by grace. Because we have been saved, we want to and we long to serve you. Praise your name, glorify your name. And Lord, do make us fishers of men. Make us people that follow you and recognize that we experience you more closely when we do what you called us to do, which is to tell people about the good news, to tell people that they have broken commandments, that they are in the nets of Satan and sin. And to call them to repent and believe and submit to the king. Continue to build up your church, continue to build up your kingdom. And Lord, we thank you that we get to be used by you in the process. We pray all this in Christ's holy name. Amen.

Welcome to 1978! The year of Garfield, Van Halen, Lego, and a murder mobile named "Christine. In this episode humor meets horror as Elton embarks on a comedic journey through the pages of Stephen King's iconic novel, 'Christine.' Buckle up for a rollercoaster of killer laughs, and deadly driving as he explores the eerie world of a possessed car with a wicked sense of humor. Good. God...with the puns. Discover Elton's unique take on the classic thriller, as he delves into a devilish story with a touch of dark absurdity laced witty commentary, hilarious anecdotes, and side-splitting insights. Whether you're a die-hard Stephen King fan or just looking for a good laugh, this episode promises entertainment, factoids and that are equal parts spooky and hilarious. Tune in and get ready to laugh your way through the supernatural twists and turns of 'Christine'! GET THE BOOK HERE: https://amzn.to/3rabgAD BECOME AN Elton Reads A Book A Week CONTRIBUTOR HERE: https://www.patreon.com/eltonreadsabookaweek https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elton-reads-a-book-a-week SOCIALS: https://linktr.ee/EltonReadsABookAWeek EMAIL: eltonreadsabookaweek@gmail.com SOURCES: Stephen King has spent half a century scaring us, but his legacy is so much more than horror Stephen King: his childhood, his family, what scares him Stephen King - The Author Stephen King revealed the one thing that scares him more than anything else The Tough Childhood In Stephen King's The Shining Stephen King, The Art of Fiction No. 189 INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN KING ONCHRISTINE THE TRAGIC REAL-LIFE STORY OF STEPHEN KING Stephen King Wiki : Christine Stephen King Biography 75 Facts About Stephen King ...apparently taken from a Cinefantastique article in the Feb 91 issue. Rereading Stephen King: week 15 – Christine APOLOGIES SECTION: Elton would like to apologize to the following people, places and things: Stephen King, Ruth King, David King, People that are gray flannels, and people that are regular flannels (may war never find you). Also, Portland, Maine, V8, Hawaiian Punch, grandmothers, and cheese. A special thanks to Jenna Fischer and Diedrich Bader --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elton-reads-a-book-a-week/message