Paul Walker‘s brother says Vin Diesel and the rest of the ‘Fast and the Furious’ family made the right move letting his character ride off into the sunset … and he thinks Paul would get a kick out of where the franchise is these days.

We got Cody Walker at Sancho’s Tacos in Huntington Beach and asked how he feels about the way ‘F&F’ has honored his bro’s legacy with the 9th installment about to hit theaters.

Cody says Vin and co. have done a really good job of tastefully paying tribute to Paul’s character, Brian O’Conner, and he thinks Paul would have never imagined the franchise going this far.

As you know … Paul died in a fiery wreck in November 2013. The crash didn’t happen on the set, but he was in the middle of filming “Furious 7” at the time. The script for the 8th installment referred to Paul’s character a few times.

It’s pretty cool … Cody says he was in middle school when the OG ‘F&F’ came out, and his brother’s movie is what Cody credits for his own love of cars. He says folks stop him in the street all the time to tell him Paul is the reason they love cars, and he always has the same response … “Me too!!!”

We also asked Cody about one of the original movie cars — Paul’s orange 1994 Toyota Supra — going up for auction later this month. Cody’s anticipating a huge figure for the winning bid, and he tells us why Paul would think the whole sale is hilarious.

Speaking of fast cars … Cody’s FuelFest is coming to Los Angeles later this month, right before the movie release, featuring some of the top custom, exotic, rare and exclusive cars from all over the world … along with live music, drifting and drag racing.