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I met Mike Brewer a couple years ago at the Phoenix Club during the LA Lit Show week, which is REALLY fun for Porsche fans in SoCal. Almost EVERY shop you've ever heard of does an open house, and there's really cool events from Monday through Sunday all week. Tons of drives, swaps, and shop tours.

On Sunday, there's a parts swap meet at a German-themed restaurant called "The Phoenix Club" that everyone shows up to. I was getting something out of my car and he came up and said "That's YOURS???" and we talked about it for a few minutes. Later, I interviewed him on my Solopreneur Hour Podcast and we got to know each other a bit.

We've stayed in touch, and I wanted to show him my new space in Long Beach, so he stopped by, we drank whiskey and listened to my KEF LS50 speakers for 3 hours and talked music and told stories, then on the way out the door I asked if he'd do the intro to my latest YouTube video. Thankfully, he wasn't TOO buzzed at the time, lol.

Mike is a REAL car nut, and takes a WORLD of $h!t from people online (some would say bullying...right down to rape and death threats against his wife and daughter) but without him there'd be no Wheeler Dealers (it's his show) and not as much great automotive content out there. He is a REALLY sweet guy, so it's a shame. But I think he's cool AF, and I'm glad to call him a friend.