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- We're good.

- Alright.

- Okay, I'm Joe.

I'm the mechanic.

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- [Robotic Voice] Joe the mechanic.

- I've got 15 years or so under my belt.

Most of my mechanic knowledge history has been

transmission rebuilding, repairs, that kinda stuff.

I have done a few projects on the side.

Most of my personal projects were Foxbody Mustangs

V8s, five-liter, rear-wheel drive.

I had planned to do a project car for quite some time.

My only real stipulations when I was looking for

a project car was rear-wheel drive, manual transmission.

Rear-wheel drive cars are, to me

a lot simpler to make consistent power with.

- I'm Justin, and I'm Joe's brother-in-law.

For this series I'm gonna be handling

more of the filming and the editing.

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- [Robotic Voice] Justin.

Cameraman.

- And stuff like that.

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We should introduce the car that we're gonna be working on.

- Cut to some footage.

(whip snaps)

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Through the shop that I currently work at

I picked up a

all original

1992 Mazda Miata MX-5

1.6L, five-speed manual car.

It had some maintenance issues

that the original owner deemed

too expensive to perform on the car.

He was ready to send it to the scrap yard.

I picked it up for $500 CAD.

The brake line from the master cylinder to the rear brakes

rusted out right under the firewall.

And that brake line had blown-out

the rear brakes were non-existent.

The pads were completely gone

the rotors were rusted down to a super thin material so...

Before we started filming I replaced the clutch

I completed entire rear brake replacement

pads, rotors, calipers, flex lines

all got replaced with stainless steel braided lines

and the hard lines all gone bent up

with new steel lines, flare fittings...

In talking to each other we kinda decided

hey, why don't we turn this into

a just dedicated project car?

Try to get some fun track days out of it.

Turn it into more of a race car.

- Right after that was when we thought

we should film this.

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So the series is called "Trash to Track"

- Yep, this car, the original owner

had deemed it for the trash

and now we're hoping to make it fairly capable on the track

as Miatas were very known for

- Is that a joke?

- Kinda. (laughs)

We've got a plan for the car on paper

but we don't wanna give away all the details right away.

We're gonna try to focus on fairly easy add-ons.

Kinda simple stuff like what you guys

might be able to do at home in your garage

and then, later on in the build series

we'll increasingly get the repairs

to come up in difficulty.

We're not a big company

we don't have a whole bunch of sponsors.

We're not just gonna make some

massive orders from part supply places.

- We're gonna try to do what we can ourselves.

- Definitely.

But when it comes to, like, bodywork and structural welding

like, we'll definitely outsource that kinda stuff.

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- What we decided to do was to break it up into

kind of the conventional season structure.

So we're gonna have seasons.

We don't know how many yet.

- Season finale episodes are going to be set aside

for a big repair or

a large performance add-on that

again, we're kinda keeping under wraps.

- Instead of just rushing through everything in a time-lapse

we're gonna slow down a little bit

so you can actually follow along.

- I will give as much instruction as to

what we're doing, why we're doing it

and how we're doing it as I can.

- And in every episode we're gonna cover

three items or three tasks.

- Three things, yeah.

- Three things.

- Yeah, we'll probably try to stick

with one performance modification

one aesthetics modification

and then another one that may

just be part of the restoration.

Like if we find a damaged component

or a rusty component

or something that needs to be restored or repaired

but mainly focusing on what we're doing to upgrade the car

and turn it kinda more from a bone-stock

Miata that it was when we got it

to the track car that we're building this series for.

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- One episode every three weeks.

- Keep in mind this is a 25, 26 year old car

so finding parts

some stuff could be very specific.

That three weeks gives us enough time

to acquire all the parts

order anything new

if we're doing some big modification and that kinda stuff

some of it takes quite a bit of time

that would happen behind the scenes, right?

If you guys like the idea of our build series

or you wanna follow along

subscribe to our page.

Give us some comments

what you wanna see us do in the future.

If you guys have any questions as well

feel free to ask, comment, and we'll do our best

to give a proper answer or get back in timely fashion, too.

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For more infomation >> Trash To Track - Ep 0 - Introduction to the team, our '92 Mazda Miata, and the build series - Duration: 7:32.

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Edmunds RoadNoise | LA Auto Show edition! Honda Passport, Mazda 3, Jeep Gladiator, and more! - Duration: 5:33.

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CARLOS LAGO: Welcome to a special LA auto

show edition of "Edmunds Road Noise."

WILL KAUFMAN: Surely, you mean AutoMobility LA.

CARLOS LAGO: Yes, of course.

I forgot.

That's what everybody in the industry calls it.

In any event, this is your look at everything

that happened in the automotive industry this week

and some of the things you may have missed from the Edmunds

editorial team.

WILL KAUFMAN: There are a lot of new cars

here on the show floor today, so we're

going to cover the ones you need to know about.

CARLOS LAGO: First up is the Jeep Gladiator.

Guess what?

It's a Wrangler with a bed.

It also has a lot of towing capacity,

around 7,600, pounds making it best in class.

A lot of road capability too.

And Jeep says it'll fit up to 35 inch tires

without a lot of serious modification.

WILL KAUFMAN: And in sports cars,

we've got the new Porsche 911 and the AMG GT R Pro,

a new version of the AMG GT R. And guess what?

Both of them are faster than the old models.

CARLOS LAGO: Shocking.

WILL KAUFMAN: I know.

We've extensively covered the new 911

and its hybrid potential already.

But Alistair Weaver will have a deep dive video and first look

article on edmunds.com/roadnoise.

CARLOS LAGO: The AMG GT R Pro seeks

to give you more of a race car like experience

from behind the wheel.

WILL KAUFMAN: So it'll be really uncomfortable.

CARLOS LAGO: Hopefully not, but it will sure be fast.

In more pedestrian car news but still pretty exciting,

there's the new Mazda 3.

The big news is it's all wheel drive.

And later, maybe next year, it'll

be available with Mazda's new-fangled direct spark

controlled compression ignition thing.

And that will also be a hybrid.

WILL KAUFMAN: And as always, I am keeping my fingers crossed

for a Mazda speed version.

Please, Mazda, please.

The all new Honda passport splits the difference

between the Pilot and the CR-V, both of which are our top

ranked vehicles in their respective classes.

It loses a few inches from the Pilot,

keeps the V6, and gains about an inch of ride height.

Combined with some trick all-terrain traction control,

software that should give it some real off road cred.

CARLOS LAGO: Lastly for SUVs, there's the new Hyundai

Palisade.

And it's probably the least expensive thing

you can get in the Palisades.

It's a big, three row crossover, with a lot of the features

that buyers in this segment really like to see.

So that's got a V6 engine with a twist.

Check for more detail about that at edmunds.com/roadnoise.

And now it's time for the most shocking part of the "Road

Noise" segment, that's EVs.

WILL KAUFMAN: Puns are my lane, Lago.

CARLOS LAGO: Audi unveiled its e-tron GT concept, which

it says has 582 horsepower.

WILL KAUFMAN: I thought they said 590 horsepower.

CARLOS LAGO: They did.

But that's metric horsepower.

And here in America, we use a different measurement.

WILL KAUFMAN: Makes perfect sense.

CARLOS LAGO: Yes.

It'll do 0 to 60 in 3 and 1/2 seconds.

It has a range of over 200 miles.

And it'll go into production in 2020.

WILL KAUFMAN: Rivian is promising

us the first electric pickup truck in 2020.

The S1T gets 400 miles of range, 11,000 pounds

of towing capacity, and a 0 to 60 time of just 3 seconds.

CARLOS LAGO: Isn't that faster than the Audi?

WILL KAUFMAN: It is.

It also gets some neat storage options like a frunk,

just like a Porsche 911.

CARLOS LAGO: Well, guess what?

WILL KAUFMAN: What?

CARLOS LAGO: Mitsubishi's bringing back the Evolution.

WILL KAUFMAN: I'm so excited.

CARLOS LAGO: Hold up.

It's an EV, and it's an SUV.

WILL KAUFMAN: Oh.

CARLOS LAGO: And it's called the e-Evolution.

WILL KAUFMAN: No.

CARLOS LAGO: See, it's electric, and it's an EV--

WILL KAUFMAN: I don't want to talk about electric cars

anymore.

CARLOS LAGO: --and it's e-Evolution.

WILL KAUFMAN: No.

We're done.

CARLOS LAGO: e--

WILL KAUFMAN: We're done.

It's over.

CARLOS LAGO: --Evolution.

WILL KAUFMAN: No.

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CARLOS LAGO: It's all new cars we're looking at.

We've also been driving a few too.

This week, Alistair Weaver got a chance

behind the wheel of the absurdly quick McLaren 600LT.

ALISTAIR WEAVER: The company has finally

got the idea that you don't have to drive

as if your pants are on fire to enjoy one of their cars.

Even at low speeds, this car is a real sense of occasion.

Every journey is an adventure.

I love it.

Right now, this is my favorite McLaren.

WILL KAUFMAN: And in this week's detour,

while we're right here celebrating new cars,

there's some bad news from GM.

CARLOS LAGO: They're going to ax about 14,000 jobs

and close a few plants, killing a few cars in the process.

That includes the Chevrolet Cruz, Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet

Impala, and Cadillac CT6.

WILL KAUFMAN: Well at least Cadillac is promising us

we're going to see the sporty CT6 V before the car takes

its final bow.

CARLOS LAGO: On the lighter side of things,

special correspondent Elana Scherr has been at the show

too.

And we're going to take a look at what she's been up to.

ELANA SCHERR: I'm going to get all geeky on you guys,

because my favorite thing about auto shows is cutaway engines.

Cutaway engines have big holes in them,

which normally is a problem.

But at an auto show, it allows you to see all those things

that you're always reading about, twin turbos, V8s, V6s,

big pistons, small pistons, superchargers.

It's really the only time you get to see what's inside.

WILL KAUFMAN: Auto shows are not just the best place

to drool over a hot new concept cars.

They're also a great place to shop for your next car, truck,

or SUV.

This week, our tips and advice team

takes a look at everything you need

to know to make the most of the show floor.

CARLOS LAGO: That's going to do it

for this week's episode of "Edmunds Road Noise."

Be sure to hit the Subscribe button.

Leave your comments below.

And if you're looking for more information about vehicles we

covered or are wondering why we didn't cover your favorite

vehicle, head to edmunds.com/roadnoise for more.

WILL KAUFMAN: That's edmunds.com/roadnoise.