JEFF STERNS CONNECTED THROUGH CARS

WHEN LOVING ADVICE CAN DAMAGE YOUR PROGRAMMING | BILLY W. MERRITT

  I actually understand about these people in your life, not intending to give you bad information or something that can harm you. But are you able to come up with an example of something that might be coming from love and care or concern, but is actually core detrimental? Unknown Speaker 0:16 Of course I can get I mean, we hopefully we were not going to be here for, you know, five or six hours, but I could go on and on. Number one is, you know, your parents, if they're not rich, and mos...

THE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE- BILLY W. MERRITT

But I want to talk about self talk. Okay. I want to give you an example you asked me about my past, you know, I was born poor when I was born, actually was a little later, we lived in a mobile home, two bedroom mobile home. The bedroom, my bedroom was small enough, I could touch all four walls, you know, within an arm's distance like this. Okay. We were happy. We didn't i didn't know. We were poor. Right. So that's good, but had some wonderful parents hard working parents grandparents that t...

BILLY W. MERRITT | Start programming yourself now, for a better tomorrow

The inflatable gangster hamster on the roof dealerships during his now legendary "Buy Back Billy" Facebook events can only misdirect or water down what you might think of the Billy you never met and not have you on proper alert to the depth of the man who gave birth to this idea after a series of lost jobs. His decade long mantra: "I am so happy and grateful that money comes to me in increasing quantities through multiple sources on a continuous basis!" along with 1 book per week consumed wi...

CHANGE YOUR INCOME FOREVER | WHAT IF YOU COULD SPEND AN HOUR WITH A MIND BLOWING SALES MENTOR?!?

3:20 Benjamin is from New Zealand, qualified as a lawyer and a barrister in England. Right? 4:47 Benjamin gets into the recruiting business and set a company record... 6:41 Train others? 7:13 "I realized is that all the sales problems were my own fault." 8:28 Where did the most hated trainer idea come from? 10:32 Not a bad idea to have your wife onboard (and give her proper credit!) 11:27 best motivator 12:32 what were you taught as a child that could prevent you from being any go...

LEGENDARY MARTYN SCHORR! CARS and 'VETTE Magazine | FORD GT owner

04:08 '61 to '73 Marty was editor of cars magazine and Magnum Automotive Group. 6:03 Magnum Automotive Group that made a half a dozen specialty magazines and some one offs 7:43 Marty started 'vette magazine in 1976. Then high performance Pontiac magazine 12:31 travelling Europe with the Swiss Corvette club.25:57 Jay Leno random phone calls 26:39 Marty describing Jay Leno talking about Ford GTs and emission test tricks 42:26 Did the Zora Duntov gift motor help or hurt Marty's Iso Grifo ...

3 min story of a flight that almost didn't take off! Then almost couldn't land!

TOM CRUISE hanging from the Burj Khalifa while Larry Constantin is in Dubai

9 min promo clip!

A perspective changing New Years on a frozen Siberian lake | 3 min promo clip | Larry Constantin

RUSSIAN HIERARCHY / 6 min promo piece - LARRY CONSTANTIN

Initially needing to collect millions $$ in aged receivables  from "The Russians" Larry developed a friendship and learned about their hierarchy. 

Larry Constantin Inventor, Engineer, International Sales Exec | Europe, Middle East Africa, India, Brussels.

00:47 The night Jeff and Larry meet for the first time in the BMW showroom over a car deal. But although it's the last night of the month, Jeff disappears.... 3:16 Using both sides of his brain. 5:00 Larry used to drop in and jump into a sales situation with a struggling salesperson and help make the deal... 6:30 it's fascinating to hear Larry explain how window film is manufactured (for heat, UV, infrared) 7:21 window film was the simple word for what Larry was doing for a long time, but it...

Legendary prototype builder STEVE PASTEINER clips. Buick Blackhawk-'53 Commemorative Edition 'Vette.

Founder of Advanced Automotive Technologies as well as Pastiener's collectables and hobbies on world famous DREAM CRUISE territory- Woodward Avenue Steve deigned and built the Buick Blackhawk (sold from THE GM HERITAGE COLLECTION at Barrett-Jackson for $475,000) as well as the 1953 COMMEMORATIVE EDITION CORVETTE (on C5 platform) and Cadillac La Salle C-Hawk. AAT can do metal, can do clay, can do carbon fiber, can do fiberglass. could do TIG welding, could do concepts. Steve is also an Amelia...

HE WISHES THAT YOU KNEW THIS ABOUT HIM!!! WOULD HE DO IT AGAIN?? KEVIN HOURIGAN

Kevin, what he hopes you think at his funeral! It's 4 minutes! For gosh sakes take a gamble

THE CANNONBALL RUN GIL NICKEL STORY -as told by Jeff

a mutual business friend of Kevin Hourigan and Jeff Sterns was the late Gil Nickel of Far Niente Wineries. Jeff discovered the one thing that would make Gil walk straight out of a business meeting!!! Gil Nickel placed #4 in 1975 (with a car problem) in a 450SL  

CRAZIEST DATING CRITERIA EVER! "(CAR)TITLE OVER ROMANCE"!?! Can 12 steps cure him?!?

Kevin Hourigan 

IS IT WORTH IT TO TRY TO SELL YOUR OWN CAR VS. TRADING IT?

Educational content from Jeff

Kevin Hourigan: CEO, 2 percenter, Influential people, healthy fear, what he wishes you knew, Gil Nickel Cannonball Run story

2:17 the dot com bubble bursts, Kevin becomes CEO 5:00 Kevin guides the company to become one of the 2% of agencies to survive the dot com bubble. 6:44 Kevin buys majority of the company 9:52 Time for a re-brand 12:25 3 most influential people 13:50 the importance of mentors and continually learning 16:56 healthy fear 19:32 The Gil Nickel Cannonball Run story. 23:59 Something people don't know about Kevin 25:41 What does Kevin wish somebody knew about you?

LESSONS FROM A CAR FAMILY AND TIME IN THE BUSINESS/ DOT COM BUBBLE/ CEO OF THE YEAR!

00:00 You can't be from the Tampa Bay area and not know who Kevin Hourigan is 00:03 Suzuki Samurai 2:06 280ZX 2:07 Kevin has a company called Bayshore solutions. 3:48 He's been recognized by so many entities for his leadership. 5:40 leader of the Year by Tampa Chamber of Commerce, technology leader of the Year; Tampa Bay technology forum, marketer of the Year; Tampa Bay American advertising Federation, the ultimate CEO. His speaking engagements had him along other brands like Google, Faceboo...

Neurofeedback. PSTD, sleep problems, autism, depression, addiction Dr. Kevin Butterfield

Dr. Kevin Butterfield is co-founder of BRAIN FOREST https://www.brainforestcenters.com/

Dr. Kevin Butterfield -The Whole Story

2:47 Kevin's father was a doctor for the Detoit Tigers 3:58 Kevin was a bully in 3rd -4th grade and this led to his interest in treating the brain... 5:03 The origin of Andy's Trampoline Foundation. . 9:10 Kevin and Julie's motivation to start the BRAINFOREST neurofeedback clinic in honor of Andy Silverman. 9:50 Kevin studied racing accident films frame by frame. 10:59 The "secondary collision". 12:56 Racing safety "the Virtual canopy" wellness racing.wordpress.com. 15:33 Exotic car d...

A dying child. A race car crash Get ready for goose bumps.

0:00 Kevin is a big give-back kind of guy. 0:28 Kevin collects and brings a literal truckload of toys to the children's hospital because parents aren't there overnight. 2:16 Kevin has sick kids sign his race car. 3:28 A mom tells Kevin that her son is given a week to live. 3:53 texting and driving vs telephone pole 5:52 Child deceased prior to race is in photo at wreck scene?

500LB GASSY CHIROPRACTIC PATIENT STORY - Kevin Butterfield

Kevin was an intern for Dr. Brown in Clearwater, Florida. Kevin was sent into a treatment room to treat a patient. When he walked in, he had to swallow hard and decide the angle to attack this 500lb project! Priceless story.

can doctors start out as bullies? Watch this man's metamorphosis and life changing event!

Dr. Kevin Butterfield reveals what made him an advocate and protector of special or different people. He hit bottom when he spoke to a childhood friend and realized that he himself was a bully. This was the basis for founding ANDY'S TRAMPOLINE

Rolls-Royce (BMW) Bentley (VW) entanglement, Mike Tyson, smashed cars

2:26 The Phantom mock up car in a secret room in an industrial warehouse with a sheer cover being raised to opera music... a client cried one time! Client got to sit and speak to the car's designer, Marek Djordjevic. 5:17 sometimes to meet a client's time schedule on an ordered car, Rolls-Royce would fly the car from England to USA. 5:48 Rolls use Amex Black Card staff to assist Rolls-Royce owners who pushed the car's "assist" button. This could help with hard to get tickets or restauran...

ROLLS-ROYCE- marketing the car when VW restrained BMW from using the name or trademark! Solution!

Volkswagen and BMW were bidding for Rolls-Royce and Bentley. VW had just "won" bought Rolls-Royce and Bentley from Vickers for $780m....oops!... all but the Flying Lady and Rolls-Royce Grille trademarks! BMW came in behind and bought those trademarks from R-R Aero (Jet engines) for $66m. So VW owned the name and BMW supplied engines....BMW had yet to be able to use the name...how did Rolls-Royce build an order bank of new Phantoms for production? George Walish, General Manager of R-R North A...

Rolls-Royce North America General Manager George Walish trailer (1.5 min)

Watch the full episodes to hear the Iron Mike Tyson pre production car story, the entanglement between BMW and VW over the Bentley and Rolls-Royce brands and the ingenious way that George Walish secretly marketed the new Phantom to get new orders and production begun when he was not yet allowed to advertise the car, use the name or the famous grille and Flying Lady! Amazing!

Iron Mike Tyson-1st Rolls-Royce Phantom. North America General Manager tells the tale! Amazing!

Massive rolling estate. car graveyard, barefoot Iron Mike, heavy romance in the back seat of a pre-production car. Mike's pressure to sell this pre-production "not-for-sale" car. The first delivery in the Bethesda market....and what happened to it about a week later! you can't make thus stuff up!   THANK YOU. Videos- subscribe here https://www.youtube.com/jeffsterns?sub_confirmation=1   

BRICKLIN SV-1 The amazing story!

to hear this direct from Malcolm Bricklin is a treat in itself. whether you were into this car, or into cars, or just into amazingly persistent and creative people....this is a must watch or listen     6:37 Malcolm: "Now things are going really good with Subaru. I'm hearing all this stuff about safety. And they're talking about putting rules that you have a five mile an hour bumper with no damage to the car, and the car companies are fighting it like crazy, because at five miles an hour,...

Fiat X/19 and Spider and how Cadillac Allante killed them in USA!

Malcolm grabs an opportunity to get with Bertone and Pininfarina and bring X/19 and Spider bodies here from Italy and install engines, great paint jobs. Pininfarina makes a deal with Cadillac and ....   0:00 I get a call from Tony Seminara. And he used to work for Fiat. 0:04 Did you know that Fiat is going to pull out the country? 2:46 How many were you selling a couple 100 a month? I'll sell 1000 a month3:20 one day I get a call from Sergio Pininfarina. I hate to tell you this...  4...

YUGO - WHY IT ARRIVED. WHY IT DISAPPEARED.

0:00 Malcolm gets a terrible call from Sergio Pininfarina that will kill the Fiat X/19 and Spider in N. America  1:12 Malcolm gets Tony Seminara to go around the world and find the cheapest car on Earth.  1:27 Where the hell is Yugoslavia?  2:11 some dealers were making $3k over list on a $3900 car  4:17 "I was in Zurich VIP room, taking a leak and taking the next to me was Henry Kissinger. He handed me a card over the partition."  6:49 I'm selling the company. 

Subaru Story- as told by Malcolm Bricklin

3:06 "I am the father of Subaru"   4:45 "The Cinebox Machine"   7:37 "Very shortly after I get a call from Italy."    16:48 "boom, I'm out of scooters".   17:58  if I can get the insurance and if I can now find an automatic scooter...   22:00 Malcolm is off to Japan for some scooters for his rental business.  23:33 Tell me about this 360.   25:38 Malcolm at the DOT.     29:43  Consumer Reports: Cadillac and his little 360 with an article that says unsafe because it didn't hav...

INSIGHTS INTO THE NEW BRICKLIN 3EV.

More info here: https://www.vvcars.com/    1:20 Malcolm started looking again at electric. Back in the 1990s he had gotten together with Dr. Malcolm Curry, he had just retired as chairman of Hughes Aircraft. And that was owned by General Motors. And one of the last things he did before retiring is he put the team together. And they built the EV-1, one for General Motors. So he was actually involved in the first production, electric vehicle. And when they started taking them all back, and c...

Malcolm Bricklin - the whole story

00:48 New York Times said that Bricklin is often likened to an automotive version of PT Barnum.                   00:56 Morgan Spurlock says Bricklin goes non stop. He's testosterone unleashed a brilliant negotiator and an incredible character. 1:08 Rolling Stone describes you as brash, bombastic and pathologically prone to betting the farm on automotive endeavors.  1:17 Auto week said Bricklin has a mind that works like a machine gun.  01:24 Keith crane, publisher of Automotive News...

THE DELOREAN! AND HOW MALCOLM BRICKLIN COUNCELLED JOHN DeLorean and (slightly) INFLUENCED THE DESIGN

after John DeLorean did not get the position with Malcolm Bricklin on the Bricklin SV-1 car (mainly due to disagreement on who's name would go on the back!) , John invites Malcolm to dinner next time Malcolm is in Detroit and discloses to Malcolm that he is preparing to build his own car and asks for a little advice...  YOU decide if John took any of it!

LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINE -Malcolm Bricklin explains why innovation in multi billion $$ corps is RARE.

Malcolm took on low cost, small, lightweight, amazing gas mileage engine. Mechanics Illustrated loved it and put it on the cover. A project with a partner that was doomed from the start...even when shown direct to Henry Ford! 

THE UNKNOWN SUBARU- Malcolm Bricklin needed a scooter replacement. In Japan he saw a little car...

Malcolm talks about how he discovered this little "toy" car and why. He explains how he got around barriers that the manufacturer (Subaru) thought were unsurmountable! He successfully imported it into the USA and CONSUMER REPORTS crushed it. What does a guy like Malcolm do then?? (very surprising! Starts with OH MY GOD and ends up THANK GOD)

$1m in the bank by age 20! (in 1960!). Malcolm Bricklin

Sold off his building supply empire! Late '50s, in his early 20's....what does one do for an encore??

Ehren Bragg Lamborghini, Ferrari, Jaguar, Karma, TOP GEAR

06:48 Ehren did some work with TV show TOP GEAR    07:23 Ehren co-founds Devin Works watch company.  07:50 got recruited by Karma automotive      09:02  Ehren: "I popped out of the womb loving cars" 09:42 Ehren: "I remember actually calling the manufacturers and asking for brochures. So as a teenager, I was getting these brochures from like Mercedes Benz Rolls Royce Porsche, countless others, and that if I'm honest, that was kind of the spark that set the fire. They got me in the car...

Shawn Armorer Part1! Bus Dev for some of the largest and best in Canada!

3:52 Jeff is VP-Sales at CarChat24. What is chat for on a dealership's website? 4:31 What is a "dealership BDC?" 5:39 As a vendor to the car business, Shawn as a dealer taught us how to be better. 6:55 Shawn and Jeff gush about their beginnings and later bromance. 7:15 Shawn says that CarChat24 is the best vendor in the business 8:28 Shawn has an impressive dealership pedigree with Spinelli Group (one of the oldest in Quebec) Dilawri (Canada's largest private group), Gravel Group (one o...

SHAWN ARMORER part2! Covid-19 impact on dealerships, remove friction, digital retailing, level field

2:31​ Shawn sympathizes with COVID-19 victims weather it be health, loss of life or change of life, work, etc. 3:38​ Shawn believes that the virus leveled the playing field between dealers. 4:50​ for those of us not in the business, Shawn explains the term 'digital retailing' and the role of BDC (and what the term BDC means) 7:27​ Jeff clarifies and reiterates that the USA as a country, is certainly ahead of Canada. 8:29​ Shawn describes digital retailing distilled. Perfectly. 10:02​ Shawn o...

Shawn Armorer Part 3! "Service is what causes future sales"

3:24 Jeff: PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT on "what is a good deal at a dealership"  Shawn: sales, makes customers and the service keeps them 6:28 Shawn regarding emphasis on selling cars vs servicing (AKA serving, taking care of the client for years after the sale) 6:55 Shawn debunks the independant vs franchise dealer service myth. 13:37 Shawn on how COVID-19 has forced evolution in the industry. is presented me with my newest career opportunity, where I've just recently been picked up...

NEW FERRARI ROMA

Jeff Sterns 0:00 So about the new Roma very, very interesting. It's a new v eight, two plus. Now what's interesting is they say two plus but they don't say two plus two. I think you'd have just as much luck getting someone in the backseat of a 911. Don't get me wrong if you had to get somebody across town, maybe sitting a little sideways, it's workable, but you wouldn't want to do any Grand Touring from the backseat. So Ferrari's idea is that many Ferrari's from the past that made both auto...

Don Heditsian- Part 3! Derek, Phil, Rubens, Michael, Ayrton, Gerhard, Johnny, Mario Andretti, Nigel.

JEFF STERNS CONNECTED THROUGH CARS   please SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE! (thank you!) 1:05​ Don on riding in a Le Mans racecar with Derek Bell "we, we missed the apex, and I'm, you know, I've done enough driving on track to know the line and you know, how to drive the car and where we should have been. And I could see that we missed it. And I looked over at him instinctively. And he looked over at me, and he, and this is while he's managing the car close to 100 miles an hour in a corn...

Don Heditsian-Part 2! 180 degree Lotus spin, brake loss-150mph-944 Turbo S, Derek Bell ride Le Mans!

  1:30​ Don's first car was a Lotus Esprit. You'll never guess what his second car was! 3:49​ regarding Colin Chapman and Lotus "adding lightness" and his many patents. 3:50​ regarding DeLorean and Lotus. 8:22​ Lotus Esprit vs Ferrari Testarossa, the Esprit was close to half a second quicker to 60 miles an hour, despite having eight fewer cylinders. 9:33​ regarding Turbos 12:08​ Don bought his first Porsche 911 -air cooled. (...then 'vette, Mini Cooper S...) 13:29​ Don's perilous journey hom...

Don Heditsian Part 1- former Ferrari and Lotus exec, experienced a bank robbery!! Sold MB, Porsche

5:00​ Don started in the business at the age of 20 with a Mercedes Benz, BMW, Porsche, Audi dealership as a summer job in the roll of lease consultant. Jeff gets his his first franchise dealership job, gets promoted, gets fired for 1) forging a document or 2) dumping the owner's best friend's daughter or 3) telling jokes on the mic when the band took a break (at the same party I brought the wrong girl to or 4) introduing myself as "The Owner's Partner" at said party or 5) The bankers and pol...

Stephen Huse- Steak n' Shake, St Elmos Steak House, Noble Roman, Mustard's, Harry and Izzy's

2:50 Jeff & Steve met at Sarasota Winefest. Later, along with a gang of exotic car nuts also attended Barrett-Jackson and Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance! 4:40 Monaco, f1 races... 5:40 Ferrari factory in Italy, got a VIP tour. 7:43 Steve Huse- of St. Elmo Steakhouse in Indianapolis. Is this a top 10 Steakhouse. 11:08 we have a bottle from 1902 Chateau Lafite Rothschild 11:27 Stephen sold 34 Arby's a year and a half ago. 14:45 "try to cover by owning real estate as much as we can. So if som...

CLAY CURTIS-PART4! Color change a perfect Enzo? Talking people out of deals?

Clay goes to Pebble Beach and meets a very interesting client and finds the "hot-button"! On unselling cars. Developing trust and taking care of clients. Should you drink with clients? And some life lessons.

CLAY CURTIS- PART 3! Wrecking Lotuses, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces>before the drives ever began! Crabs

I'm very proud to present this episode we talk about why you shouldn't start a car with your hand through the window. And we also talk about my experience with a Bentley laying rubber in reverse into a new Rolls Royce. And...the crabs-falling-on-new-Bentleys story.

CLAY CURTIS-PART 2! WHY CLAY WAS SNUFFED FOR THE GAY PRIDE PARTY!! AT WHAT SPEED DOES A GT40 LIFT???

Clay talks about dealing with lies that customers tell and why he doesn't blame them, gets snubbed on an invite to a gay pool party, sees an act of impossible salesmanship, and learns at what speed a GT40 loses front tire contact on a set drive!

CLAY CURTIS-PART 1! WHO WOULD HIRE THIS NO-EXPERIENCE CAR-STRUCK ROOKIE TO JOIN AN ALL-STAR TEAM???

Clay Curtis loved exotic cars + his wife knew one of the bosses wives. Would this be enough to get him the job? Apparently so! Time will fly as you listen to Clay's crazy car and (sometimes death defying) customer stories. Clay spent many years peddling exotic iron to celebs, athletes, entertainers and the wealthy. Clay also became partner in a Jet charter firm! Have a good listen and like, subscribe and share the video!

Charley Woodsby- founder of RED LOBSTER! Not overnight success! amazing story and man!!! ❤

Charley Woodsby is a self made, very successful man that is worthwhile to listen to due to his natural business acumen, experience that can only come with age (and it doesn't come with age if you don't pay attention!), his humility and faith, he's an achiever and never-give-up and work ethic. Charley is a great family man, friend and car enthusiast! After this conversation, I wondered how I got away with it at no cost! Charley is a wealth of knowledge and constructive reflection! Enjoy, subs...