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Concluding the Road Trip and Reflecting on Truck Issues

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Rocky Mountain Race Week Bonus Day 8: The Drive Home! Elvis Has Problems + Exploring Small Towns

What happens here

After successfully navigating the 'Reduced Engine Power' issue, the team arrives back at the shop in the late evening. They begin the process of unloading the trailer and the GMC Suburban. The narrator provides a follow-up update from the office the next day, confirming that Elvis (the truck) was driven all day without the 'Reduced Engine Power' warning reappearing after the battery terminal reset. He admits he's unsure of the exact fix but is relieved the problem resolved itself for now. He then transitions into promoting his merchandise, specifically showing off the 'Elvis' t-shirt, which features an illustration of his truck and the slogan 'Anything is a race car if you race it!'. He also highlights that the shirt cleverly includes 'Elvis' written on the truck's fender and a small 'Uncle Rob' detail on the red Suburban shirt. He encourages viewers to visit his website, StapletonAutoWorks.com, to purchase these limited edition items before they sell out.

Goal: Safely return to the shop, unload the vehicles, and provide a final update on the truck's performance and promote merchandise.

Tools and materials

  • Elvis T-shirt Stapleton Auto Works — Merchandise promotion
  • GMC Suburban GMC — Vehicle being towed
  • SAW Hat Stapleton Auto Works — Merchandise promotion
  • Trailer — Transporting the Suburban
  • Truck — Tow vehicle for the trip
  • Uncle Rob T-shirt Stapleton Auto Works — Merchandise promotion

What they say

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here we go oh we made it back to the shop you're gonna unload everything you don't go wrong back inside the pedal problem with elvis is definitely a pedal problem because for the rest of the drive i just sat there clearing it every time i let off it would do it every time and it won't clear when you're on cruise control because the pedal is that like full full out so that's just weird it has to be something with the pedal feels like we've been gone for a really really long time well we had all kinds of stuff to unload i hope you enjoy this kind of more informal real life look at what happens after these events too and like i said before casualties of streetcar take over charlotte coming up we're going to have merch with us but if you aren't going to be there you get the same stuff on the website i'm not this shirt this is discontinued but like the hat i'm wearing stabletonautoworks.com guess what what and these hoodies are still there we still got a few of them left grab yourself one of those before winter i know it's june but we're never gonna do that style again so if you ever want that get it now and put in your closet and pull it out in october glad you're here glad you followed along this whole race week saga it's been a lot of fun and meeting people at tracks and hearing what they had to say is just really cool because we're really not aware of how much this stuff can like positively impact people's lives until you actually come up and say it to us and it's just really cool what are you looking for oh she's eager to start unloading things so we can go home you have anything to say like my balls a little bit of an update here just sitting here editing this video now after the full next day first full day we've been back we drove elvis around all day and it did not do the thing not once i don't know why does anybody know anything about this because i can't even go to fix it if it's not doing it what am i going to do put a new pedal in it oh it doesn't do it anymore well wasn't not doing it now so how am i supposed to know what's wrong i don't know we drove around a good bit today too over a quarter tank's worth of diesel good bit you didn't do it not one time i don't know i guess when we drive to charlotte i'll just bring the code reader thingy with me and send it i don't know anyway check out these elvis shirts they're freaking sweet here's the front oh man that's awesome boom oh my gosh why does elvis look so freaking cool because he is cool it looks…

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