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Off Road Podcast 443 – WV State Senator Mark Maynard

Tonight, Aaron makes a recovery, Coy plays discovery channel, & Ben gets working

 

Welcome to the off-road podcast. A podcast about everything off-road. We cover the news, review products, and interview people in the off road industry.  Your hosts tonight are Aaron, Coy, my name is Ben and we are joined tonight by Mark Maynard, a West Virginia State Senator.  Welcome to the show.

 

Coy – SAR drill

Aaron – Big party for my wife.  New MAF coming this week.  Pulled a Corolla out of a ditch.

Ben – replaced window wipes because they were almost non extant and window wiper motor 

Mark – 

 

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News brought to you by Colby Valve

• Autoblog – 2023 Wrangler VS Bronco Sales
  • Five years ago, Ford gave us our first concrete proof that a new Bronco was in the works. At the time, we had no clue what would transpire when the revived 4×4 came to market
  • Now, nearly four years after its tumultuous launch, production has more or less stabilized, setting the stage for a showdown decades in the making.
  • Sure, we can compare the Bronco and 2024 Jeep Wrangler all day long, but the proof is in the pudding: Which one do Americans want to buy? Here are the numbers and why they matter.
    • Jeep Wrangler – 156,581
    • Ford Bronco – 105,665
• Jalopnik – Someone Lost $75,000 by Purchasing a Ford Bronco Raptor
  • A man named Nick thought he found a sweet deal when he saw a Ford Bronco Raptor for sale on Craigslist.
  • It had Alaska plates on it, was stolen from a Ford plant in Michigan, and was sold to Nick in Arizona.
  • Before having any money change hands, Nick wanted to make sure everything was good so he paid for a Carfax and took the title to a third-party office of the Arizona DMV.
  • Nick said “I ran the carfax and it came back clean, I checked the door vin to the title it a matched. I checked the car vin in the window and it matched. Final step the next day we meet at the DMV. We go in with his title and it clears, boom I have an Arizona title to this Bronco in my name with the exact vin everything.”
  • With everything seemingly good to go, Nick paid the seller $75,000 for the Bronco. But unknown to him, the Bronco was actually stolen from a Ford plant in Detroit and was part of a large theft ring, despite having Alaska plates.
  • The reason Carfax and the DMV didn’t flag the Bronco? “…it turns out the seller had switched the VIN. The new VIN did not  raise any red flags in the state’s auto-title computer system,”
  • Police were tipped off a few weeks later as Nick attempted to trade the Bronco in at a local dealership for a truck. A salesperson at the dealer found a VIN discrepancy and Police seized the Bronco not long after.
  • Nick is now out $75,000. Seven people were arrested in Michigan in connection with the theft ring in early August with other victims in Arizona, Tennessee, and New Mexico.
  • With auto thieves getting better and better at bypassing things like vehicle registration system checks and Carfax, this all shows when buying a vehicle in a private sale, you can’t solely rely on those technologies to be sure the vehicle is being legitimately sold. The main thing anyone can do is just be wary of buying a vehicle on somewhere like Craigslist period, especially for hot-selling and popular models like the Bronco.

 

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Like I said earlier, we are joined tonight by Mark Maynard who is a State Senator in West Virginia.

 

Fast Five Facts   

1. New or old vehicle? 
2. Summer or winter camping?
3. Rock, Sand, Snow or Mud?
4. Favorite vehicle brand?
5. Favorite tire?

Any recommendations for someone new to off-roading 

 

Tell us about you

How did you get started in off-roading?  

What was the first vehicle you took off road?

What’s your favorite rig to hit the trail in?

What’s your most embarrassing moment on the trail?

Do you have a biggest win on the trail?

Where is your favorite place to wheel?

Any places you want to go that you haven’t gone to?

Tell us about and your work with that Cabwaylingo.

How often do you meet with groups like The Blue Ribbon Coalition and SEMA?

Do you hate CARB standards as much as the rest of us gearheads?

Any thoughts on the way low emission solutions are evolving and if they will be a long term solution? Examples DEF fluid, hybrid vehicles, EV’s….

What do you see with the future of America and its love for motorsports

What do you think the best way is to navigate the trail and public land closures such as the big one that just happened in Moab Utah?

When I was talking to my kids today about you coming on the show they asked me why someone would want to close down trails.  Can you answer that for us?

Speaking of Moab, how do you recommend the average American to fight against an organization like SUWA, who have the backing of a literal Swiss billionaire, Hansjorg Wyss. Along with their political subsidiary RUP (Rural Utah Project) endorsing candidates and influencing politics in their favor?

Your state has an Adventure Travel Day coming up on February 15th-17th.  Can you tell us more about that?

Do you have any other events coming up?

If someone is unhappy with any legislature in their state, no matter what it is, what should they do?

How do we find more Mark Maynards to help fight for our land use?

Last question, Where can our listeners find you?

• Facebook- 
• Youtube-
• Instagram-
• Web- 

 

Next Week: Cemented Tuning

 

Closing Statements

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