Doug Tabbutt of Switch Cars (w/ Arne Toman) on the Car Market

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Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

Doug Tabbutt is the founder and owner of Switch Cars, an exotic and sports car dealer based in Ohio. Doug has been in this game for a long time and knows the ins and outs of your favorite cars. We sit down and talk about the state of the collector market; why not every car is a "blue chip" investment; what speculating has done wrong; a VERY strange experience with a customer; the dangerous state of sub-prime car loans; why he couldn't sell a Panoz to save his life; how he consolidated up; good and bad Lamborghinis; and so much more. https://www.switchcars.com/ https://switchcast.live/ Arne Toman is the founder of Cannonball Garage, which specializes in the service/maintenance/performance of McLaren cars. Recorded October 28, 2023 Need the perfect gift for yourself or a special person in your life? Head to https://www.GrooveLife.com/TIRE20 for 20% off ALL Groove Life products! Shift into a new way of getting out there with a Lectric eBike. Like their XP Lite starting at just $799. Visit lectricebikes.com to find the Lectric model for you. Tune in to the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix on Sunday, November 5th at 3:00 PM Eastern on NBC and Peacock. 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/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

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0:00.0	But if you're going to be an automotive investor, you have to be committed to the long term.
0:05.5	Because if you miss on the short term arbitrage, you hold it long enough.
0:10.0	If it's a good car, if it's a bad car, then it's just a bad car.
0:13.7	If you hold it long enough, it'll come back.
0:18.4	What's up, everybody. Welcome to the Smogentire Podcast.
0:21.8	Today's episode is brought to you by off the record.
0:24.7	You guys know about off the record.
0:26.4	They're the rad. I love them.
0:30.4	I got pulled over for some things.
0:33.2	Definitely didn't do really far from home in Northern California, like 800 miles almost from
0:40.6	my house. And ordinarily, if I get pulled over, I would go to court and fight the ticket.
0:46.6	But this is so far away. There is no way I want to go back there and fight the ticket.
0:51.7	Sent it off to off the record.
0:53.6	Answered a few questions about my experience on the side of the road,
0:57.5	couple checks on the boxes, sent a photo of the ticket, and boom,
1:01.9	off the record is going to go fight that ticket on my behalf.
1:06.2	I don't have to do anything else.
1:08.0	And I fully expect them to send me an email in a month or two saying,
1:12.3	your ticket has been dismissed. It is amazing.
1:15.8	They are the best. They take care of you.
1:18.2	Cops lie all the time.
1:21.4	It's proven over and over that cops lie all the time.
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