WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.150 --> 00:00:02.250
- On this iPad, is a random question,

2
00:00:02.250 --> 00:00:03.870
we're gonna have some thoughts about it.

3
00:00:03.870 --> 00:00:06.630
- [Announcer] You're
watching "Jalopinions".

4
00:00:06.630 --> 00:00:09.330
- What car represents freedom to you?

5
00:00:09.330 --> 00:00:10.713
This is an Andy question.

6
00:00:11.730 --> 00:00:13.620
- It's whatever car you're in.

7
00:00:13.620 --> 00:00:14.580
That's what freedom is.

8
00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:16.440
Freedom? Freedom's the open road, baby.

9
00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:18.750
Freedom's a concept, it's not a car.

10
00:00:18.750 --> 00:00:20.940
Freedom's just hitting the (bleep) road

11
00:00:20.940 --> 00:00:24.810
in whatever you're driving
and going west, young man.

12
00:00:24.810 --> 00:00:27.390
- It's a much more reasonable
answer than I expected.

13
00:00:27.390 --> 00:00:28.800
- It's also the Dodge Challenger.

14
00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:30.660
- That's what I was expecting.

15
00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:33.690
Here's the thing, freedom is not a car.

16
00:00:33.690 --> 00:00:35.130
Freedom is a motorcycle.

17
00:00:35.130 --> 00:00:35.963
- You're not gonna be free

18
00:00:35.963 --> 00:00:38.910
when you're in a full body cast, are you?

19
00:00:38.910 --> 00:00:41.100
- [Amber] The greatest
selling philosophy book

20
00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:44.100
of all time is about motorcycling.

21
00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:46.500
It's the act of not having a frame,

22
00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:49.530
not having a box between you
and the environment you're in.

23
00:00:49.530 --> 00:00:51.300
- Isn't like a slog to get through?

24
00:00:51.300 --> 00:00:53.520
- It's a horrible book,
I've given up on it.

25
00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:55.020
- [Andy] You see my
favorite philosophy book

26
00:00:55.020 --> 00:00:57.210
is "The Courage to Be Rich" by Suze Orman,

27
00:00:57.210 --> 00:00:59.250
which you can buy right now on Amazon

28
00:00:59.250 --> 00:01:00.990
and other online book sellers.

29
00:01:00.990 --> 00:01:02.070
- I mean, if we want a real pick

30
00:01:02.070 --> 00:01:04.140
for like best self-help book,

31
00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:07.200
pick yourself up a copy of
"Whipping Girl" by Julia Serano.

32
00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:08.769
- Or "The Art of the Deal".

33
00:01:08.769 --> 00:01:10.260
(Amber laughing)

34
00:01:10.260 --> 00:01:11.190
- [Amber] When you're in a car,

35
00:01:11.190 --> 00:01:13.809
you are isolated from
the world around you.

36
00:01:13.809 --> 00:01:14.982
- [Andy] Not in a convertible.

37
00:01:14.982 --> 00:01:15.815
- You are not a participant.

38
00:01:15.815 --> 00:01:17.400
If it's cold out, you're still warm.

39
00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:19.080
If it's warm out, you can stay cool.

40
00:01:19.080 --> 00:01:21.780
In a motorcycle, you
are part of the world.

41
00:01:21.780 --> 00:01:23.220
- [Andy] Yeah, literally
you'll be part of the world

42
00:01:23.220 --> 00:01:26.430
when your skin is ground
into the road below you.

43
00:01:26.430 --> 00:01:29.160
- You have a sort of focus on the road

44
00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:30.180
that you don't get in any other vehicle.

45
00:01:30.180 --> 00:01:31.782
- Yeah, or you'll die.

46
00:01:31.782 --> 00:01:33.930
- Andy has specifically told me

47
00:01:33.930 --> 00:01:36.690
that after a day when we
were both out on bikes,

48
00:01:36.690 --> 00:01:39.540
he was aware of every
crack in the pavement

49
00:01:39.540 --> 00:01:40.620
in a way he'd never been before.

50
00:01:40.620 --> 00:01:42.570
- Yeah, I was very sweaty and tired.

51
00:01:42.570 --> 00:01:46.290
- That sort of
single-mindedness is, I think,

52
00:01:46.290 --> 00:01:48.440
freedom in a way that
few other things are.

53
00:01:50.580 --> 00:01:52.463
Happy 4th of July.

54
00:01:52.463 --> 00:01:55.046
(upbeat music)