Is this where you get all your loafers Ed? Asking for a friend

the "Rabbit" of shoe sales. This guy sold an AMG Mercedes, with a pair of shoes...

I have snuck into my fair share of race tracks and it is always an adventure. Great story Brian!

I live a few kilomiters from Monza and yes, on most days you can just show up at the gate and get in without any problems

You have a good husband. When you asked him what you should do he said you should go. My wife would have told me to turn back.

I live in Milan and yes, it’s totally legal what you did. Most of the time (in the summer) you can just go in and go for a ride on the track in your bicycle

The nine minute story to get to the punchline of "I need a car to go with these shoes"... WORTH EVERY MINUTE. Also, when he started talking about Italy (and Milan specifically) it took me back to the days when I was a wee lad and an Air Force brat. Dad got stationed at Aviano (outside of Pordenone, near Milan), so the family got a three year Italian vacation.

I want to hear the story from the salesman who was helping the guy find a perfect car to match his shoes

What a cool dude. There's such a variety of storytellers on this channel.

Had a similar experience at Laguna Seca. We drove to the track just to see if we could see any of it from outside, since we were driving by it. There was some sort of Christian rock concert thing going on and we told the guy at the gate we just wanted to see the track. He said, "Oh ya I think it's over there somewhere" and pointed. And sure enough in a few minutes I'm walking around taking pictures of the corkscrew.

Never saw the my husband comment coming, but like to see I'm not the only petrol head gay man out there in the world, congrats on getting to Monza, I've been lucky enough to be there for the F1,

I sort of snuck into Road Atlanta, it was no biggie. They were having a Michelin event with the CTS-V. I didn’t get to drive, but I’m pretty sure I could have. A track worker was nice enough to let me in to take a peek. I didn’t want to get him in trouble.

Never saw the husband part coming looks like he’s about to hit up the local bar in some small country town but good for him

4:24 “One might say no Italian” lmaoooo hilarious

You guys need to get cleetus on here

So this is where Ed gets all of his glorious driving loafers.

A crazy story yet again, Ed Love ur channel. I’m pretty sure u got more stories to tell from u personally!! Looking forward.

So I have to laugh every time the phrase shoe show is said. That was the name of a gentlemen’s establishment we used to frequent about 20 years ago. Where you going after work? The Shoe Show.

I live in Monza, about 3-4 km away from the race track. I like to go to the park and enter the autodrome with my bicycle or roller skates sometimes, you can go around the infield and sit on the grandstands without any problems if no events are occurring. Sometimes in the middle of the week you even see motorsport teams that are there for testing, or people going around the track in their supercars. It was very cool to hear about my hometown here on this channel! Awesome video!

Episode 5 of Car Trek Series 2 goes live at Noon Eastern on Tavarish's channel. Be sure to check it out!

"This is a terrible idea, but ok." He'll yeah brother! Cheers from Kentucky.

PSA To all sim racers out there. Rock climbing shoes are excellent for sim-racing. Not walking boots, I mean proper skinny, sticky climbing shoes. No good for real racing beacuse of fire protection and stuff, but great for sim racing.

Great episode! Cheers from Italy!!!

Ah, Pilotis!! Love them! Wife got me my 1st pair way back when we first started dating (early 2009). Blue leather Prototipos. Still have them all these years and they are just as solid as they were when I first got them. I love those shoes. Super comfortable and durable. And great materials. Cool story Brian. 👍👍

Great story, and well told!

Great stories 👍 love this channel

My dad had a female client who wears matching color shoes, dress & umbrella whenever she gets her Mercedes fixed or serviced. It’s a subtle fashion statement that everything I wear is bespoke.

I attempted to drive onto the Dunsford Aerodome. (the top gear track). The guard let me on long enough to turn around and leave. No visitors allowed because it is military installation.

I have a similar story at the Racing Point car launch in Toronto a couple years ago. Ended up with a press pass I shouldn’t have had and got to tour the Toronto Auto Show 3 days before the show opened to the public. It was a wonderful day.

Last time I was this early, Randy was still in second.

Quality being a shoe nut this is perfect 😁 hope ya enjoyed Brian hope to see ya here again!

The logo in his hat is centered as a whole, making the MONZA letters being off-center. That's really triggering me right now

He won't do much heel & toe in an AMG-GT

Perfect timing, a nice 10 min story right on my lunch break, and it’s abt the work I do, I specialize in shoes and nice shoes with good support and all that.

From what I can tell from trackdays in Belgium and France, it's totally normal to visit a track as a spectator outside of events with entry fees (And when there's no virus spoiling the fun) Zolder circuit has cycling sessions a couple of evenings every week. Nobody cares if you show up to look.

When Carol Baskin isn't there to rain on your parade then the world is limitless🤣😂🤣

He got the short end of the sales gig...selling cars to go with shoes is a brilliant strategy...for the guy selling cars!!

Looks like homeboy just got done in the harvester and got in his f250 lol

Interestingly, here in Canada, you can go and drive the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve just about any time. The speed limit is 30 km/h, and you have to share the track with cyclists and pedestrians, but it’s great fun anyway!

This was amazing...great story

i got a pair of those shoes too. they make great winter driving shoes !

This reminds me of the time I went to a small time car show/get together for FR-S/BRZ owners in Louisville, Ky. It started at a shop in Louisville, but the last event was at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana. It wasn't our event, but the idea was to go and enjoy some drifting and drag racing. So we caravan the two or so hours there and stop for dinner, at which point I realize my phone is going to die. I can't be without the GPS, so I tell them to go on to the track while me and my friend run to the store for a car charger. They tell us that everyone is parking across the street and entering through gate 1, entry fee is like $10. Some people are just going, some plan on racing. Either way, we get the charger and GPS our way over to the track, but can't find gate 1. I think we made a left when we should've made a right. We see gate 2, 3, and so on, even stopped at one to ask the outside spectators where the gate was but they just stared at us like we were crazy so we just kept going. We eventually to the last gate, I think it was gate 6, and after it there's just a subdivision. Now, up to this point every gate was closed with no guard booth or officials standing near them, but this gate was open. And the guard booth was empty. So we look around a while before driving in. We pass rows and rows of trailers, trucks, and haulers, plus some show cars, but no people. Finally we find a row of cars lined up waiting to drag and I see one of the BRZs from the group, so I pull up to him. He tells me that he's in line to drag with a puzzled look on his face, probably because I seemingly showed up out of nowhere. He tells me where everyone else is and I find an empty part of the lot to park out of the way of the drag line and meet up with everyone else. Everyone was equally confused when I pointed out where I was parked because they had all parked across the street and paid to get in while my friend and me had accidentally snuck in. And that's my favorite part about that story, that sneaking in was a complete accident. Still makes me giggle.

I love stereotypes! And this guy owns it! A good story from a cool guy. Hope he makes a return, I'd like to actually learn something about shoes, because I know nothing apart from where to stick velcro strap 😜

just wandered into monza lol thats awesome

This guy is straight up Ray Gillette.

Vinwiki you are awesome

some track around the world, when there is no event on them they let train with your bicycle . they are open to public. i use to train in f1 grand prix track for few years, and was for free

Spoken like a True Player "I need a car to match my Shoes" respect

Always look forward to the stories people tell on here!! And I figured there would come a day where y'all would run out of good stories. But I didn't figure it'd be this soon. Y'all really dredging the bottom of the barrel with this one ain't y'all.....

I need a white NSX to go with my loafers, like Senna

Love the story love the voice more.

Good shoes are the best thing you can ever have

With a title like that I can't not click it

SHOES now available on Vinwiki!

Monza going to up their security after all of us try to get in the same way

They don't want to start any fights lol

I have always wanted to know where the story tellers are looking at.

Now that's why i always get in trouble in the states. In europe we don't care about do not enter signs etc.

He said bitty boppity and el la bababoie

This guy is literally the dude Zach Galifianakis played in the movie the campaign

I love my Pilot’s. Cool story.

We know your secret now Ed.... Who your shoe dealer is 😂

*Patiently awaits the car aspect of the story and finds the link around 5 minutes in.* Interesting twist of a car story from a self-appointed 'shoe curator.' Agreed - in the US you'd have been handcuffed and facing misdemeanor charges.

I had a similar situation in Monte Carlo following the WRC, it was snowing pretty badly and police were turning everyone around who didn't have snow chains from going up to the top of the mountain, us, not speaking anything other than english drove up to the policeman, he said some things, we said some things and we were driving up the mountain in our rented Peugeot without snow chains.. and I can see why they were turning people away, it felt like we were doing a round of Formula Drift :') Italian police really don't seem to give a shit if you're foreign

Love it

I seem to have stumbled upon VANSwiki

6h and 1/2? With a break maybe... Milan - Rome should be a 5 - 5 and a half drive at the very best

I had a feeling he was gay before he even said it, for a guy that is so involved with shoes it makes sense to me

I had planter (sp) that sheet hurt. #lotsofstretching

“Talking to my husband”. Wait... WTF?!?!?!

Well he bought the right car

I don't want to say we're running out of stories but the next episode will be about socks...

this guy is cool

Not my favorite story teller, but new people are always good

I didn't know Ed put shoe store ads on the channel. Must have a foot fetish...

He said Modena correctly!!!!

I think I applied for a job in his store

Morning!

Day 2 of asking for a vinwiki zoom background

He thought!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need shoes for my ass, after driving hard

Ed, I have some stories that I think your viewers would absolutely love. Been a sub for a year. Let me know if you want to meet up. I live in Florida. I frequently make the trip up to Atlanta. Car stories and truck stories. Lots of fire involved, and beer ...the beer was not for drinking

But the AMG-GT does not come with a Manual Gearbox so shoes designed to Heel/Toe are irrelevant.

Heel....... toe!

I'm about a minute thirty in. Is this a commercial?

SHoe SHow

What is this?

While I am a conservative Republican, I MUST say I am so HAPPY to see a gay man included on Vinwiki :-)

Good sir, I have but one question, "Are you married, with children?"

Hi Ed, I have a question for you and figured you would be the perfect person to answer. I am a aspiring Lamborghini huracan performante owner but I’m not old enough to drive yet. I know that the world is switching to electric cars and I saw that California is banning all new car sales with gas engines. Also the oil in the ground won’t be there forever. I have done lots of research on investing and business and finance and I have general idea on what I have to do. I have a goal to own the car by 26 so my question is do you think I have enough time to enjoy the naturally aspirated V10?

Sorry. I tapped-out 3 minutes into a shoe commercial.

Great episode. I'll bet the guards mistook you for the cyclists that were there. 😉

Tifosi.

Just a commercial

he attends different “shoe shows” than my friends and i do 😂😂

Barefooted is best you're welcome

You guys are probably fortunate. I know it was apart of a political ploy, but the gave James Hunt a hard time in 1976.

Yo

Talking to my husband ... there ya go...

3rd!!!