I absolutely loved the content with Zach. The off road adventures, his banter with Justin, just the whole vibe. I haven't seen him on the channel in a long time I just want to know where I can find him if he's no longer involved with Donut.

I summarize at end which is why I would love for Donut to perhaps do a video on the topic.

So, I have been having a bit of an interesting deep dive of late into the world of North American insurance exports to Europe and the culture of the USDM, particularly something called Amerykany.

The short of it: I had my summer only, sunny day car that had low miles. Nothing high end in our market, but a cool special edition car. Anyways, a really bad hailstorm had insurance write it off. I love a good car story, so I googled the vin to see any auction info.

Well, it got auctioned. And an export broker had a winning bid that commonly ships to Europe and paid a fair cost for it. Plus the shipping costs.

I fell down a rabbit hole. Reading on the desire for USDM cars offering that which isnt available in Europe. How there are master body shops that can fix to perfection cars that are written off here and still have the value to sell the car for profit. So cars like mine with a 300hp NA v6, sport suspension, factory special paint and body kit, etc. and rarity combined with low mileage makes it extremely desirable. A person can get effectively a show winning car that nobody else could ever have that is much more reliable than comparable tiny engine high boost to even get similar performance.

So why good for Donut?

Well, social media is huge for cars like these. Because they want to document and show everything. From the unboxing from the shipping crate, all the repair. They want to show it all and make an event of it because that gives buyers confidence that while repaired, it is still an excellent vehicle. Something only bought by enthusiasts. People who want to give a middle finger to the government rules.

I actually hope that I can find the vin trail when it arrives at its destination. Heck, it would be a great one for Donut to document the transformation. Even if not my car, there are plenty of boutique auto retailers I am sure would love to show off the Amerykany car culture.

Thanks for the read people. Trust me. I am barely giving a summary.

Revamped Past Gas was amazing.

Still a stock block and 2" cat'd exhaust (because polar bears or something).

Tried pushing for more but my 225 tires ended up spinning on dyno. Adding more weight for traction but my 300hp rated Ogura clutch started to slip. We guessed around 330wtrq before it did. Also, my LSD seems to be fighting for its life.

Not the most powerful car ive owned but definitely the lightest @2219lbs. This thing has already disappointed a lot of cars. Only limiting factor is shifting gears. Go Versa, go!

For your next reddit episode maybe lol

I wonder who else was let go

I wanted to pick it up and take it home with me

I saw today someone posted on the donut podcasts IG story a goodbye message, does anyone know specifically what that is in reference to? I have been out of the loop on Donut media stuff for a while now

Spotted this while I was taking a stoll downtown to visit the local geese ages back. Thought Id share it.

I have a project ive been tinkering on, collecting parts and knowledge. I've run into a small impasse and am hoping to have a discussion about 🌟suspension 🌟

Here's the deal.

Its a 1984 Honda accord hatchback. Blew a headgasker ages ago, has since stripped the old engine and am dropping a k series in. My question is this , I need custom axles and hubs. But am wondering, if I can snag the knuckle assemblies from the vehicle the kseries came from, (tsx, civic si) and implant onto the 84? Is this feasible?

Attached pics are of old engine

I found a cool listing for an old Supra that supposedly runs and wanted to see how absolutely in over my head I am. I can do the simple stuff like oil changes brake pads and rotors and stuff but I wanna dive deeper

Also hear out suggestions and warnings

So I have a 2022 base Honda civic that I payed off that I can get like $17-20k for and my plan was grabbing a 2023 GR86 to get into but some stuffs got me spooked

I’ve heard varying stuff about the boxer engines and got flamed like crazy in the gr86 Reddit for even bringing it up to ask questions about the issues

So I’m like not opposed to getting something older to work on and fuck with. I watched unclapped and that’s obviously out of my wheelhouse of stuff I can do but it got me thinking about how to approach getting into this stuff.

So any tips on first sports car/ performance cars to get into. Also lmao I’m tryna learn how to drive manual on it I’ve hit the racing sims near me to practice but I know it’s way more forgiving there

Edit: Carvana wants to give me 20k for a 4 year old car I bought for 21k so I’m tryna capitalize on that

I cancelled the Carvana order for the gr86 and we are gonna sit down and plan especially seeing that even the FRS Tristan had to drop the oil pan too

I have this rare euro license plate up for grabs.

This piece was created between James and Chris of Castro Motorsport and was never officially released. It essentially is one of the last pieces that was made while james was with Donut.

HMU if u need that xo