Matt Farah and Zack Klapman sit down with automotive icons, pro drivers, comedians and other friends to discuss automotive industry news, racing, projects and whatever else comes to mind.For video test drives and reviews, go toTheSmokingTire.comorwww.youtube.com/thesmokingtireRent or buy our movies!, where we find out if some bad CraigsList cars can cross an entire US State, off-road!https://vimeo.com/thesmokingtire
Joey Seely knows how to make a car handle correctly. His shop, Emotion Engineering, specializes in setups for Porsche 911s but he has also built rally cars, Safari cars, and off-road Cayennes. He cut his teeth working on the crew of the Peterson Motorsports/White Lightning Racing 911 GT3 RSR. That team won the 2005 Team Championship and the 2005/06 Drivers' and IMSA Cup Championships in ALMS including wins at Sebring, Petit Le Mans, Road America, Mosport, and Laguna Seca.
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Alonzo Bodden is a professional standup comedian who loves all things motorized, particularly motorcycles. He won the 3rd season of the reality show "Last Comic Standing", hosted "101 Cars You Must Drive", and "America's Worst Driver", and has a large collection of motorcycles.
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For Alonzo's tour dates, bio, podcast, and media, click here: http://www.alonzobodden.com/
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Bruce Meyer has one of the greatest car collections on Earth. So good, in fact, he often loans his cars to the Petersen Automotive Museum. He's also the founding Chairman of the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation.
Read more about him here: https://www.automobilemag.com/news/bruce-meyer-feature-profile-cars-life/
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It's the TST crew! Matt built a LEGO Porsche RSR, we talk about Batmobile suspension geometry, and Vinny has been driving a 6-wheeled Hennessey pickup truck.
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Matt and Zack catch up on driving the Lamborghini SVJ, Aston Martin repairs, and answer tons of questions.
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Tony Quiroga is the Print Director at Car and Driver magazine. He's a fast driver, gets the best cars, and tends to bring some snark to the show. https://www.caranddriver.com/author/7065/tony-quiroga/
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Stephan Papadakis is a sport compact racing legend. He has a ridiculous amount of trophies and records for fast FWD drag cars, Formula Drift cars driven by Foust and Aasbo, and is now building a 1,000 HP 2020 Toyota Supra engine to show what the platform is capable of!
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Derek Powell is an automotive journalist and content creator for Motor Trend. Blake Rong used to write for our websit, then went on to work for Autoweek, Jalopnik, and Road & Track, and now he has a book called "Beautiful Machines."
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https://www.motortrend.com/staff/derek-powell/
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Jonathok Klein and Collin Woodard are two successful automotive journalists who work full time in the space - what they share in common is both got their start writing for The Smoking Tire!
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Ed Niedermeyer is the author of 'Ludicrous: the Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors," a new book which discusses the EV carmaker's history, business and manufacturing practices, its contributions to the automotive community, and its founder, Elon Musk. Ed was the editor of The Truth About Cars, where he provided similar analysis about other brands.
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Chris Harris is a legend in the automotive world. Journalist, racer, he's worked for many a publication and is currently a host on Top Gear UK, the most popular car show in the world.
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Travis Okulski, Kyle Kinard, and Mack Hogan in studio representing Road & Track! We'll get the 'editor's defense' of the Veloster N as PCOTY, talk Mustang Mach-E, and about APEX: The Secret Race Across America!
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Mr JWW, James William Walker, is a British YouTuber and exotic car aficionado. Covering the world of sports cars from the other side of the pond, racing and vlogging, JWW has found much success in a very short period of time.
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Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez is a YouTuber who rose to fame buying run-down coolness (Bentleys, Mercedes, Supra, Lamborghinis) and showing people that YOU can repair them, and even mod them. Most recently he's revived an orange Lamborghini Murcielago that was used in "The Fate and the Furious" (the 8th installment of the Fast & Furious movie franchise).
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Amber Blonigan has an impressive story. She's the owner and founder of GI Automotive Group, a shop that specializes in the maintenance and modification of exotic cars. Launching the company with only $30,000 in the bank, it has grown it into a premier shop for McLarens, Lamborghinis, Porsche, and Ferraris.
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Lyn Woodward is an automotive journalist at Kelley Blue Book and on the KBB YouTube Channel. She recently competed the Rebelle Rally, the first women’s off-road navigation rally in the United States. Find her work here:
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On this show Matt and Zack talk about the Model 3 press car, autonomous driving experiences, 600HP BMWs, and answer all your questions!
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Ben Preston is an automotive journalist who has written for Hagerty, Road & Track, The/DRIVE, and Jalopnik.
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Carlos Lago is a friend, excellent driver, and the Feature Content Manager at Edmunds.com. You can see his work on their youtube channel or at edmund.com/roadnoise
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Tod Mesirow has produced just about every automotive TV show of the last 20 years. Monster Garage, Overhaulin', Top Gear, Wheeler Dealers, and more. He's now the producer of Consumer 101, a show that provides exceptional information about the tech, function, and character of cars.
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Anthony Partridge is a a fabricator and host on Goblin Works Garage, a show that airs on Discovery, where they build wild cars and bikes.
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Brad Silnutzer and Joey Orton are the writers, directors, choreographers, and stars of 'The Fast and The Furious Musical Parody,' which just completed its fourth sold-out show in LA. Brad's background is in television and sketch comedy, and Joey's is in songwriting. The musical is hilarious, the "Team America" of F&F parodies.
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Tommy Kendall is an American race car driver and television broadcaster. He has raced in NASCAR, Le Mans, GT cars, and even the Bathhurst 1000. He is best known for his IMSA GT Championship and SCCA Trans-Am Series career.
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Matt heads up to Santa Rosa, CA with Opie, for a memorial for Chef Carl put on by Guy Fieri. During the weekend, we decided to cruise down to the famous Marhshall Store to get some Point Reyes Oysters. We talk Tesla, Opie's fear of being a passenger, driving down PCH, old cars on the side of the road, and more!
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Justin Bell is a racing driver, producer, and host of The Torque Show. He won the 1997 FIA GT2 Championship, the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans' GT2 class, and raced for Saab, Peugeot, Porsche, BMW, Dodge and General Motors.
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What is Lamborghini Fest? What was there? Matt is back from the 2019 Lamborghini Fest, picked has a the new Porsche Boxster Spyder, and we get some interesting Q&A.
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Matt has been driving the BMW i8 Roadster and it's been "interesting". We talk about performance hybrids, the hamstringer i3, why Miatas should lose 1000lbs, and answer a lot of questions!
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Chris Porter is a hilarious stand-up comedian who has appeared all over TV including Last Comic Standing. His special "Ugly And Angry" on Amazon Prime is one of my favorites of all time, and we just caught his newer one, "The Man From Kansas" on iTunes and it's amazing.
Watch his specials on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Chris-Porter-Ugly-Angry/dp/B06XVZJS77
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Aimee Shackleford and Johnny Valencia are the minds behind some of the coolest events and most popular rallies. As automotive event organizers, if there are crwods and supercars there, they probably have a hand in it. They're here to talk about what goes into planning an event, why Miatas are a nice break from R8s, and more. If you're wondering how to get into the automotive industry, this is a good listen.
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We're back from 2 weeks of traveling and there's a lot to talk about. Matt went to Germany and then met up with Zack at Road & Track's "Performance Car of the Year" showdown, where they drove over a dozen cars, from a Mazda to a McLaren. And Vinny Russo bought a new old car! READ RT! https://www.roadandtrack.com
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Our good friend Chef Carl Ruiz of The Food Network, La Cubana NYC Restaurant, the Opie Radio Podcast and countless other ventures, suddenly passed away over the weekend. While we are all reeling from his death, I want to take the opportunity to celebrate Carl's amazing appearance on our other show, Watch & Listen. This episode focuses on Carl's general philosophy on watches, which I later titled, "Carl Ruins Everything." And it's the best primer on watches for someone who loves, or who hates watches.
This episode is available as a video - get it at: https://youtu.be/awz3IDb3lqs
Also check out his other two appearances
TST Podcast #441: Opie Hughes & Carl Ruiz
https://youtu.be/7ZFZrIU5wPI
Watch & Listen Podcast #35: History of Rolex With Carl Ruiz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFtN6cMzS-U
We will miss Carl very dearly, talk about him often, and remember the lessons of his life.
RIP Chef Carl Ruiz 1975-2019 #ruizingforver
Bozi Tatarevic has an amazing life, and life story. He is a crew chief, mechanic, dealer, tuner, flipper, fixer, racecraft specialist, and automotive twitter philosopher. He has written for Jalopnik, R&T, and Hagerty. And how he got there is amazing.
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Andrew Collins is the Reviews Editor for Jalopnik.com, and their resident off-road/truck expert.
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Matt has a Ferrari 812 Superfast, Zack is back from driving on an aircraft carrier, and Vinny is selling a car. PLUS, lot's of your questions!
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Jeff Zwart is an award-winning photographer, cinematographer, and the Second Unit Director (that means the car stuff) for the new film 'The Art of Racing in the Rain."
Jennifer Nicole is one of our oldest "car" friends, going way back to the early Bullrun days. A proper enthusiast herself with multiple Porsche's (including an Emory-powered 356 semi-daily driver), Jen runs the Porsche Experience Center her in Los Angeles.
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Jonny Lieberman is a senior editor at Motor Trend, and the host of Head2Head on Motor Trend TV. He just returned from the Pebble Beach Concours, and certainly has stories.
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Andy Duncan is a television producer, bar & nightclub owner, and the founder of the Bullrun Rally, which Matt and TST participated in four times. We haven't seen each other in about 4 years, so there should be stories.
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Russell Carr has been the Head of Vehicle Design for Lotus since 2014, but before that, he designed the 2000 model year facelift for the Esprit as well! He designed the Evora, the more recent variants of which are among our favorite cars on the market today, and the new 2,000 HP Evija Hypercar.
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DoctaM3 (Cody) is a real doctor, YouTuber, traveler, broadcaster, and hardcore Lamborghini enthusiast. Today begins Monterey Car Week, so we're talking about all that goodness and the state of LA car culture after this weekend's shows!
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Mike Burroughs is a fabricator who made his name with his company, Stanceworks, building incredible cars out of rusy shells, often using the rust in the aesthetic. His wide-body BMW went viral after SEMA. Now he has a new company, ProtoMachine.
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Kyle Conner drove his Tesla Model 3 long range from New York to Redondo Beach in a record-setting 45 hours 10 min. He holds the record for the fastest trans-continental drive in an electric car on the original Cannonball Route.
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Peter Blaber is the CEO of Add Armor, a company that can add defense systems to just about any car. Whether it's bulletproof glass and doors, to pepper spray and sound canons, we got into what makes material so strong, when you would need it, and which cars are the most difficult to modify.
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RADWOOD is arguably the greatest car show of our time and Art and Lane are two of the founding members of the event. RADWOOD features cars from the 80s and 90s, but it's more than that. It's a costume show, there's music from the 80s and 90s, old school skateboarding, and a sense of humor about it. It's growing every year, internationally. If you haven't been, go.
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Tiston Eaton is a multi-talented artist. He once designed a crazy wrap for Matt's Mini Cooper. Before that he was a graffiti artist. And since then he has designed toys and graphics for famous companies like Kid Robot, sold paintings and been hired to create amazing mural work.
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Scott Pruett is a racing legend who has won in some of the fastest cars ever. He's raced in Indy Car, NASCAR, prototypes, Sports Cars, and IMSA. If anyone is a driver and racer, he is.
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Justin Peck is an off-road racer, public speaker, and mental health advocate. He talks to us about racing, crashing, one-armed fist fights, Baja, crosskarts, and how his battle with bipolar disorder had a hand in his career.
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Elana Scherr is one of our favorite people, and a car nut to the core. She's built engines, fixed cars, daily drove a classic Challenger, buys weird trucks, written for Hot Rod, ran Roadkill Magazine, and now writes for Hargerty. She joins Matt during the launch of the new C8 Corvette, so they discuss the leaked photos and info, along with drag racing, European muscle cars, and of course, Q&A.
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Travis Okulski is Editor in Chief of Road and Track, and Kyle Kinard works for him. Travis tells us about driving a McLaren F1 race car, special BMWs, and what we think of the new Corvette C8. Kyle tells us about the time he rolled a truck!
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It's a TST show! Zack is back from Morocco, where the food is good and the cops are friendly, and Matt tells us what it's like driving a SHERP over EVERYTHING. Plus, we answer TONS of questions!
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Betim Berish is the co-founder of BBI Autosport, which specializes in building high-performance Porsches for the street and track. They just broke the Pikes Peak Hillclimb Record for the Time Attack class, by a massive 14 seconds. Betim is here to tell us how it all came about.
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Ryan Zumallen is a long-time automotive journalist. He is the author of the book, "Slow car Fast", available for pre-order at https://www.carrarabooks.com/store/slow-car-fast-ebook
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If it's 2-wheeled adventures, these two have probably done it. Chris Cantle is a long-time automotive and motorcycle journalist, friend, and Editor in Chief of Motorcyclist Magazine. More on that in the show. Justin Dawes is a staff writer at Cycle World.
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Aaron Robinson is the Editor-at-Large of Hagerty Magazine, the beautiful bi-monthly publication available to Hagerty 'Drive Club' members. Lyn Woodward is a journalist and presenter for Kelley Blue Book. These two went to the 75th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion and brought home a Willys Jeep! We also talk about the "original" Safari cars, and Matt reviews the Amazon Prime movie "Framing John Delorean"
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Michael Harley is the executive editor of Kelley Blue Book's car review division. In the past he has written reviews for Autoblog, Autobytel, AutoWeek, and many more. We discuss the new Bentley GTC, Aston Martin, Turbo vs. NA Porsche's on track, the Huracan Evo Matt has been driving, and the Vintage Electric bikes in the TST Garage!
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Lyn Woodward is an automotive journalist that has written for all the big mags, traveled the world, and has an amazing story about off-roading. She currently reviews cars for Kelley Blue Book's YouTube channel.
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Dan Neil is a well of knowlede and ridiculous stories, and this show isn't one to miss. He pays the bills writing about cars for the Wall Street Journal. He's also the only person to ever win a Pulitzer Prize for Automotive criticism, and he once co-hosted a TV show on SPEED, with Matt! Topics go ALL over the place: Why 2,000HP electric cars aren't about selling cars, getting scared while riding with Keanu Reeves, Tesla vs Porsche, racing driving licenses, bespoke off-roaders, weird gangster Cadillacs, questionable rocket ships, space travel, and more.
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Ever wondered how cars get into FORZA? Justin Osmer manages FORZA's partnerships of all kinds, from tires to car companies to media companies to LEGO. He's here to talk about FORZA Horizon 4's new LEGO pack, which lets you drive LEGO versions of your favorite cars (ahem, Ferrari F40) in the Horizon world, AND drive regular cars in their LEGO world. Sounds good to us. Other topics include pickup trucks, race tracks, and Q&A with the fans.
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Kristen Lee is a staff writer at Jalopnik, an owner of a C36 AMG, and a co-host of /DRIVE on NBC Sports. She's written for a variety of other magazines, and pulls no punches when it comes to criticizing the industry, be it individuals or companies. You can find all her work at https://www.jalopnik.com
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Matt is back from his Italian honeymoon and has stories about cheeses, wine, Alfa rental cars, and cats that killed Caesar. Zack drove a GT500, a supercharged RAV4, and met the police. Then they talk about car news, the BMW Mustang, and answer lots of buyer questions.
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Alex Roy is a brilliant, hilarious, exccentric fixture in the automotive world. He is a an expert in autonomous cars, and broke several long-distance driving records including shortest drive time from NY to LA, and shortest drive time from LA to NY in a Tesla Model S. He has been writing almost exclusively about autonomous vehicles for TheDRIVE, and recently took a position at ARGO AI. HOWEVER, despite his current employer he is also the found of The Human Driving Association, which will lobby to defend our right to pilot our cars. Click the links to read more about him.
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https://www.thedrive.com/opinion/18952/this-is-the-human-driving-manifesto
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Jonny Lieberman and Jethro Bovingdon are long-standing auto journalists and the hosts of Motor Trend's "Head 2 Head". They travel the world driving the best cars on Earth.
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Jonathan Ward is a visionary, builder, and tinkerer. He helms ICON, legendary builders of bespoke 4x4s and fascinating restorations. He married a Rolls Royce and a CTS-V. He puts airplane visors in trucks. And all of it works flawlessy, and looks perfect. He's a perfectionist of all things material and quality.
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Carlos Lago is a long-time journalist and very fast driver, who is good at the oversteers. He drove the new Supra, and has a lot of thoughts. He's currently the Manager of Editorial Content at Edmunds.
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It's a TST crew show. Matt and Zack debate the merits of the new (and old) Supra, talk about where it fits in the market, and why it isn't an LC500. We also discuss off-roading, lake beds, drifting, Zack driving a rare Porsche RSR replica, and answer a TON of questions.
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Jon Guzik has written about cars and everything else, for a long time. He talks to us about wearing a suit at a home office, crazy press launches, and his new company, Borrow, which arranges short-term leases of EVs at the click of a button.
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EVERYONE is in this one. Matt is at the Supra launch and sits at the bar with: Savage Geese (Mark), Engineering Explained (Jason Fenske), Paul and Todd of Everyday Driver, Jalopnik EIC Patrick George, and Jim Resnick. Follow them, watch them, and enjoy.
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Alan Macey thinks about cars differently than we do. After graduating from Art Center of Pasadena (arguably the best school for automotive design in the world), he interned at VW, and then worked as a designer at Jeep. He sees cars differently than us. We see a panel gap, and he knows why it's that size. He understands the constraints designers have when they design a new car. He also created the Manual Gearbox Preservation Society ( links below). We talk about design, Bugatti, VW, challenges of selling a new car, and then we get into a DEEP conversation about AI, the future of car ownership, and argue about how soon it will all arrive. It's a good listen.
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We're back from Matt's wedding! We talk about the wedding, Thad is here from Dubai, Matt's wife joins us and tells us hilarious things about him, toilet paper mishaps, and we answer your questions.
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Marco Gerace is the second-generation owner of TLG Auto in North Hollywood, specializing in air-cooled Porsches. Also, Matt drove a Manual-Transmission Ferrari 430 Scuderia and the Acura RDX
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Vaughn Gittin Jr is a Formula D and D1 champion, and one of the funnest people around. He won his first Formula Drift title in 2010, and has more tandem battle victories than any other driver in 10 years of Formula Drift history.
In 2005, he became the first American ever to win a D1 Grand Prix, and took the title for USA in the 2007 World Championship.
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Brett Berk's fascinating story has landed him pretty high up the automotive journalist food chain. He only has to drive the finest cars, he (admits) he isn't that fast on a track, and when it all began, he was a school teacher. He is a great example of someone who arrived at a job by taking a different path than most of us, and can now say he's written for some of the biggest publications on Earth. This was a great, illuminating, hilarious show.
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This podcast included lots of great DIY advice, hilarious stories from Larry and Matt's high school days, and a serious look at a side of the detailing industry that no one was talking about. Larry Kosilla, Kevin Brown, and Derek Bemis, are 3 of the best car detailers in the world, full stop. They've detailed cars that cost 8 figures, build their own tools, and developed their own compounds. They are passionate and knowledgable about cars. This show should not be missed.
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Rich Fricke is the VP and Sr Project Manager for Charles Licha Construction, overseeing operations on projects ranging in size from several hundred thousand dollars to $25,000,000.00. He's in charge of building Matt's new business, West Side Collector Car Storage.
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Carlos Lago is a host and Manager of Feature Content at Edmunds, and former host of Motor Trend's "Ignition" and "Daily Fix". He's a fast driver and a good human.
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Paul Schmucker and Todd Deeken are the host of the YouTube channel, Everyday Driver, where they argue with each other about most things. They have been in the car channel game for a long, long time, do excellent comparisons. and they're great people. They've also made several long-form car films, and air some content on Amazon Prime. T
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Racing simulators are growing in popularity, not only because of the popularity of competitions like iRacing, but as a tool for professional teams to use to train their drivers. They're used by teams in F1, NASCAR, GT, IMSA, and more. One of the guys that's been at the forefront is Chris Considine. He started CXC Simulations, a company that builds custom rigs. They just opened an experience cenver aimed at the individual like you, called Base 51.
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Matt Hardigree is the former Editor in Chief of Jalopnik. Under his watch the site's audience grew by millions. Now he's the co-creator of "Proving Grounds" on NBC Sports, and a writer/producer on "/DRIVE on NBC Sports".
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Rob 'Bender' Park is one of the stars of History's 'Truck Night in America!" Earning his nickname from bending trucks on rocks, Bender is a dirt racer, be it bikes, quads, ovals, or King of the Hammers, while building many of his own race vehicles.
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Jeff Zwart is a photographer, director, cinematographer, racer, author, and about 10 other things. A legend in the Porsche community, he learned to drive in a Porsche 901, a car now worth over a million dollars. His collection is insane, but not as insane as his stories.
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Christian James Hand helps you listen to music in a whole new way. He is the host and creator of "The Session" a radio and live show, breaking down classic rock songs into their individual master recording tracks to hear songs in a whole new way.
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Mil-Spec Automotive modifies Hummer H1s, tailoring them for the adventurous civilian, off-roader, and overlander. They add various performance and technology parts to make them more capable and comfortable.
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Peter Volny is one of the founders of Scuderia Southwest, a car gathering in Scottsdale, Arizona. Started in 2001 as a basic cars and coffee type gathering, it has grown to be a large gathering held several times a year, where serious metal shows up. The organization helps raise money for charities like Ronald McDonald House, Boys and Girls Club, the 100 Club, and more.
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4 years ago we bought a 1994 Lexus LS400 with the goal of getting it to 1 million miles, on the original engine! Today, Matt and Zack fly to Atlanta to drive it the last leg of its Million Mile Journey.
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Travis Okulski is the new (and youngest) Editor in Chief of "Road and Track" Magazine, one of the best and longest-running car mags of all time. With him is Sam Smith, a staff writer and very talented driver who tells us what it's like to drive an F1 car. We talk about classic magazine covers, how magazines and media are changing, and what it's like to drive really crazy shit.
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Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez likes to buy cars that should be junked, and rebuild them. Or turbo them. He rebuilt a twin-turbo Lambo, and most recently, bought a Ferrari 355 Spyder that had CAUGHT ON FIRE, and is going to turn it into a coupe. He's a mad man in the best way, inspiring you to wrench. And now he has a new channel, with his friend, Andrew Howell, call Wrench Every Day/
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Sam Nalven has been the man behind the lens of some of the most popular drifting videos on Earth, including Vaughn Gittin's amazing drift of the Nurburgring. He's the Director of Production at Race Service, a media/brand company, which produces drifting and build videos with Ryan Tuerck and Chris Forsberg. https://www.facebook.com/RaceService.Media/
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Speedkore builds some of the craziest pro-touring cars on Earth, and that's saying something. They built a Challenger body out of carbon-fiber. Their 1970 Charger, "Tantrum" has a carbon front end and over 1500HP. Today, Matt sits down with the VP of SpeedKore, David Salvaggio.
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Donnie Callaway has been obsessed with Italian cars his whole life. So much so that when people want a complete restoration of their vintage Italian car, they turn to him.
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Christian James Hand has lived an amazing life in music, from touring with members of Wu Tang Clan, to his current gig where he deconstructs the greatest songs of the last 70 years, instrument by instrument, and explains why all those ingredients are so important. This episode is a little different, but music and cars go hand-in-hand. Joining him is our mutual friend, precision driver, brilliantly angry auto journalist, and owner of excellent cars, Jason Cammisa, who has some important points on the new NSX.
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Jonny and Jethro are the hosts of Motor Trend's "Head 2 Head", where they drive and compare all of the fastest and coolest cars around.
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Patrick Long has the job we all want. He is the only American employed by Porsche as a factory racingdriver. He's a racer, coach to the young driver's academy, the founder of one of the coolest car gatherings - Luftgehult - and gets to drive some of the most historic race cars in Porsche's story (917, 962, etc). He's a nice guy, a fast driver, and has driven some of the coolest cars on Earth. And as always, lots of fan Q&A!
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Ben Abrams is the co-founder of eGarage, a media company that uses beautiful cinematography to tell interesting automotive stories. He also has one of the coolest and most interesting car collections of anyone we've met, with a stable that includes Ford GT, Lamborghini LM002, Defender 90, Porsche 356, Carrera GT, and more. We talk to him about content creation, parking your car in your house, and what it's like to daily a Lamborghini SUV.
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Photographer of everything cool, Larry Chen, and co-owner of 1552 Wheels, Matt Crooke, are here to talk about a charity project that we are stoked about! Partnering with TST, they went up to Malibu in the early morning to take photos of Matt's Countach in the charred landscape. The goal: Capture amazing photos, make amazing poster, sell poster, give all proceeds benefit the resident relief effort of Malibu. And it turned out even better than we imagined. We all had a poster of a Countach on our bedroom wall, and now you can too, with the knowledge that the money is going to help people whose houses were destroyed by the horrible fire the area suffered in 2018.
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We do a deep dive into the new CA 95db law thanks to the investigative work of Ezekiel Wheeler. What is it? How much is a ticket? How do police measure your car? How do you fight it?
We also talk about Aston Martins, Hellcats, what weird car Brian is importing to Canada, and handle a lot of buying advice in the fan Q&A.
Brian Makse is a racing driver, YouTuber and auotmotive journalist. Ezekiel is an Art Center Graduate and automotive events organizer.
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This guy is car TV royalty in our book.Chris Jacobs was the host of Velocity's "OVERHAULIN", a show that ran for a decade, where a team (led by Chip Foose) took people's unfinished project cars and brought them back to life. He's now a commentator at the Barrett Jackson auctions, which airs on Motor Trend TV! We talk about muscle cars, pro touring, auction trends, and of course, do fan Q&A!
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Spike is the host of "Spike's Car Radio", creator of the TV show, "Car Matchmaker", a collector of fine Porsches and watches, and a former writer on "Seinfeld."
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It's a TST Crew show! Matt and Zack catch up on what they've been driving, drifting, breaking, and fixing. Matt just did a road trip in the new Lexus LX570, and drove the new controversial Lamborghini Urus. Zack fixed his M3 and took it drifting. Lots of fan Q&A, and guess which Xmas car trend Matt hates?
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Richard Porter is one of the greatest minds behind 2 of the greatest automotive shows ever: BBC's "Top Gear", and "The Grand Tour". He knows cars and jokes. Just listen.
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If you like cars, you need to know about Classic Car Club Manhattan. In a city where parking is expensive and private cars rare, CCC created a club where you can rent awesome cars that enthusiasts love. They've had McLarens, Porsches, old Bronco's and Corvettes, classic sports cars, race cars, and exotics. They basically assembled a dream garage of cars that members can take out and enjoy. It's brilliant, and their wealth of knowledge about car reliability and markets is almost unmatched. https://classiccarclubmanhattan.com/fleet/
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Mike Musto is the host of 'The House of Muscle", a former host of /DRIVE, and lover of all classic automobiles. He has a cool, eclectic collection of cars, from a Wagoneer to a '68 Dodge Charger to a Porsche 928S. He joins us to talk about his Porsche, the crazy prices of new cars, the joys of owner older metal, and Rad Wood. https://www.youtube.com/thehouseofmuscle
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Blake Hutchison is the founder of the 1/2 mile racing event WANNA GO FAST. He and Matt discuss the popularity of this new form of racing, the relevancy of the 1/4 mile, and which cars tend to be the fastest. Is it about horsepower? Drag? Weight? Find out how it started and why it's so popular. **Ads were recorded on a cell phone while Matt was trying to vacation. Sorry!**
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Cody Miles is a driver in the Global Time Attack series with a rare setup: a Subaru STI with air suspension. We sat down to talk about his career, his car, and a lot more.
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Mike Spinelli has had some of the best jobs in automotive journalism: a founder of Jalopnik, former editor of 0-60 Magazine, talking head on /DRIVE on NBCSports, and host of several shows on YouTube's /DRIVE Network. He knows -and has seen- a lot.
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Gale Banks is the founder and CEO of Banks Power, the leading company in performance modifications for diesel engines. He has an amazing history, from building a twin-charged semi truck for Pikes Peak, to jet boat engines for New Zealand, to government contracts. When it comes to engine tuning, gas or diesel, he is one of our most knowledgeable guests.
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Sam Smith is a writer for Road & Track magazine and an accomplished vintage racer. He's driven some unique cars, including IndyCars from almost every decade, and retired F1 cars. He drove down in his Integra Type-R to talk about it all.
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Ryan Phinny is an IndyCar driver, kart racer, and motorcycle enthusiast. He joins us to talk about how he worked his way from tech to race car driver, why karting is so important, and his new motorcycle venture.
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Hannah Elliott is an automotive journalist who covers reviews and news for Bloomberg. Magnus Walker is a famous automotive personality known for his custom vintage Porsches.
Check out Hannah's articles: https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AR_gYx13m9A/hannah-elliott
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Betim Berisha is the CEO of BBI Autosport, a world-reknowned builder of extremely fast Porsches. From street tunes to race cars to one-off custom builds, he has done it all. On this episode he talks about how he got here, the struggles of a business, battery fires, and shows us his latest crazy project.
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Michael Dweck is the director of the feature film, "The Last Race", a movie about the last oval track on Long Island, and the battle between those that want to keep racing and those that want to develop the property. Premiers Friday, Nov. 16.
From it's FB page: " An intimate portrait of a small-town stock car racetrack and the tribe of passionate blue-collar drivers that call it home, struggling to hold on to an American racing tradition as real estate development threatens its survival."
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It took a long time, but we finally got him to talk about how it all came to be. Brian Scotto is the creative director of Hoonigan, but he's much more than that. He's been the driving force and creative mind behind all of the Gymkhana videos; the craziest, coolest, most viral automotive content ever put online. Before that he ran the excellent magazine, 0-60, and "Donk, Box, and Bubble". He's wrenched, raced, and written his way up to become one of the most important minds and voices of car enthusiasts worldwide, encouraging everyone to have more fun witht their cars.
Watch the making of the upcoming Gymkhana 10 on Amazon Prime, premiering Friday, November 16th.
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Jason Cammisa is the former co-host of the mega-popular online
Motor Trend show, "HEAD2HEAD", and young veteran of the automotive world, having written for Road&Track, Automobile, and Motor Trend. He owns several awesome "enthusiast" cars and has a lot of wisdom. We also do a very long Q&A sessions with the fans.
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Tim Neely is a man with a very cool collection of weird, fun cars. He's knowedgable, he's owned good cars, bad cars, and now he talks about them on his YouTube channel, Tim's Enthusiast Garage. Other topics include Safari 911s, what the best S2000 is, engine swaps, what to buy for motorcycle towing, and a ton more.
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If you like cars and have an internet connection, you've probably heard of Doug Demuro.He came to prominence by writing hilarious articles about the (now gone) unlimited warranties sold at CarMax. He has one of the biggest YouTube channels in the automotive space, focusing on showing people the details of cars new and old.
Find everything Doug does here: https://www.autotrader.com/oversteer
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Sera Trimble has been a professional stunt driver for almost 10 years. She's nice, sarcastic, owns a few awesome cars, and can slide to a stop an inch from your toe. JF Musial is the creator of /DRIVE Network on YouTube, the director of APEX: Story of the Hypercar, and spends his days traveling to film fast cars. He's here to talk about the new season of /DRIVE on NBC Sports, and his new show, "Proving Grounds". Both air Sunday on NBCSN.
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This podcast was recorded during the final hour of the auction for Matt's Foxbody Mustang, where 50% of the proceeds went to the buyer's charity of choice. Joining us was Andrew P. Collins of JALOPNIK who told us why you should never roll a UTV, and Elana Scherr, a lover of all old cars and current writer for Edmunds, and formerly at Hot Rod, Roadkill, and many other places.
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Yuri and Jakub are a duo from Canada who run the YouTube channel, The Straight Pipes. They do car reviews, comparisons, and look at the new tech in cars.
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Elana Scherr has worked for all the magazines that require wrench turning, because she can. She wrote for Hot Road, was the editor of Road Kill, and has a collection of old cars in various states of repair that we can all aspire to. She dailes an Opel GT and a classic Challenger, and is one of the friendliest people in the business. She's here to talk about her new video projects on Edmunds.
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Kurt Bradley is a motorsports photographer and contributing writer for Jalopnik. He has driven some seriously fast stuff, and been to some amazing places.
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Matt bought a new (old) car, and Carcast's Matt D'Andria talks about his crazy Foxbody project.
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Jeff Glucker is back! One of the oldest, funniest, and most frequent guests, he's the host of The Hooniverse Podcast and YouTube channel. He drives lots of new cool things and has had some hilarious (and not so hilarious) project woes. Some involve HEMIs, and Mercedes. It wasn't good. He's here to talk about it all.
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Robert Siegel is the director of the new movie, "CRUISE", a love story built around the world of illegal drag racing in New York in the 80s. Matt was part of that scene in the 90s, so naturally, we had to watch the movie and talk to the man who made it.
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Jonny Lieberman is the host of Motor Trend's "Head2Head" and "Ignition." He flies around the world driving the best cars, and has a great depth of knowledge. He's on the show to talk about World's Greatest Drag Race 8, and his travels. Watch him at https://www.motortrendondemand.com/
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Sally McNulty is a driver in Global Time Attack, driving for Snail Performance Rally.
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Heather Storm is a TV personality and co-host of the Velocity show, "Garage Squad." She also road trips her '65 Mustang around America in a travel series, "Drive Yourself Local".
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Noah Alexander is an owner of Classic Car Studio, a customization and restoration shop, and the shop in Velocity's show, "Speed is the New Black". They do great work, focusing on speed and clean builds. From vintage 911s to 650HP Chevy C10s, they do it all.
Check out Noah's shop, Classic Car Studio, here: http://www.classiccarstudio.com/speedshop/about/
Check out "Speed is the new Black" on Velocity. More info at https://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/speed-is-the-new-black/about
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Sean Morris has done a lot, from being in the Navy, to the crew chief of an R34 GT-R in World Challenge, to being the director of Toprank International Vehicle Importers, a company that brings in all those fun cars that Japan made that we couldn't get, until now. If you want to know about Skylines, Japanese cars, or importing, give this a listen.
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Paul Gerrard is a professional racing driver but you may know his work as the faceless driver "The Stig" from Top Gear America. He's here to talk about driving, common mistakes, plateuing, learning, improving, and his new book "The Optimum Drive." His book is available on Amazon, or from www.theoptimumdrive.com
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Ralph Guerra is a standup comedian and automotive journalist. Find his tour dates at https://ralphguerracomedy.com/
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Molly Taylor is not only the youngest but the first female Australian Rally Champion, driving for Subaru's factory team. She also has a small collection of fine performance cars. On this episode we talk about her late start in racing, her mom's rally career, traveling, jumping, sliding, crashing, and a ton more. The fan Q&A is near the end of the show.
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Eric Keller is the CEO and Founder of Enthusiast Auto Group, a large independent BMW service center that specializes in the sale of special BMW cars. There has been some controversy in the BMW community regarding EAG's pricing, but their cars are reported to be of high quality, and may have a positive impact on the market itself.
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Sam Mitani has been writing about cars, driving sports cars, and living cars for the last 30 years. As the International Editor for Road & Track, he traveled the world testing interesting cars throughout the 90's and 2000's, including setting a speed record at Bonneville, racing in the original Paris to Dakar Rally (and nealry getting killed doing it), and participating in the best unscripted car program of all time, Best Motoring. He is in studio talking about his new novel, The Prototype, available on Amazon now!
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Jake Auerbach is a vehicle auctions specialst for RM/Sothebys International Auction House. Recorded just before Pebble Beach Car Week Begins, Jake stops by the studio to discuss some of the more spectacular cars at their Pebble Beach Auctions, including the Ferrari 250 GTO that ended up selling for $44 Million, and the Ford GT40 that brought in nearly $10 Million. We also discuss the collector market at the more affordable range, the best things to see and do in Pebble Beach for car week, and Matt gives a tour of the insane, $250M Bruce Mackowski house in Bel Air, featuring a bowling alley, candy store, a pre-curated car collection, and a replica of the Airwolf helicopter.
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Tony Quiroga is an Associate Editor at Car and Driver Magazine, and one of the fast shoes that drives the car for the magazine's "Lightning Lap" feature. We talk about the Ferrari 488 Pista
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RUF Auto has been building fast cars based on Porsche bodies for over 50 years. Alois Ruf Jr. is the genius behind one of the most famous Porsche-based cars ever, The RUF CTR "Yellowbird." His new car is a 710HP carbon-fiber bodied piece of art.
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Jonathan Klein got his start writing for TST but has since gone on to work at Automobile, Robb Report, TopGear.com, and Jalopnik. He rides motorcyles too. On this episode he raves about the Aston Martin DBS Superleggerra, we talk about motorcycles, KTMs, Bugatti drives, Safari suspension, and answer a lot of great buyers questions.
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It's Matt and Zack in the studio today talking about what they've driven recently, and have on the to-drive list. Turns out there's a Hemi on both lists, which gives us a little pause. We talk about the new Veloster R Spec vs the Civic Si, weird one-off cars, Waze, and answer a lot of great questions.
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Mike Musto has done pretty much everything you've wanted to do with cars. He's done rallies in a '68 Charger, built cars, flipped cars, raced cars, and hosted shows on the internet and television. His channel and website is The House of Muscle, where they drive new and classic cars, and built cool stuff. This podcast was recorded while Matt was driving the new 2018 Bullitt Mustang.
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If you were born after 1970, you need to know what Radwood is. What started as a joke is now a multi-city event. It's a car show that celebrates the best and worst of the 80s and 90s; the cars, the fashion, the music. People show up in GT-Rs or Lebaron's, wearing mullet wigs, Addidas, neon, and more. It's a car show with a sense of humor. Rick, Art, and Lane are (some of) the creators of this wonderful madness.
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What's it take to make a good wheel? These guys know, and they know their cars, too. Matt Crooke and Brad Beardow are the founders of Fifteen52 wheels, casting and forging awesome wheels for your car, whether for the street or track. From tuning VWs to bolting shoes on the Hoonicorn, they've done a lot.
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For this podcast Matt Farah goes to the California Autombobile Museum in Sacramento, CA, for a night of Q&A. Topics include Ferrari F40s, DeLoreans, starting TST, getting into video, and plenty more.
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Thad Norman works at a company that makes sueprcars faster. Want a McLaren with 1200HP? How about a McLaren with THREE TURBOS? That's what they do. Other topics include driving the 720S in 100 degree weather, short-ratio GT4s, driving the new Porsche 911T, and a lot more.
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Jim Resnick has been writing about cars for almost 30 years for publications like Forbes, Wired, Arstechnica, and more. He's seen and driven a lot, and is one of our favorite people. Keep up with all his writing at https://twitter.com/jimresnick1?lang=en
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Andrew Collins is the chief test driver for Jalopnik who covers it all, from new trucks to fast cars. He's also a passionate off-roader and overlander, how owns a Scout II as a daily/project 4x4, which is like owning a panther that has both diabetes and narcolepsy. https://andrewpcollins.com/
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Kevin is a racer, instructor, and stunt driver. He has raced in BMW, motocross, and won 7 championships in a 4 year period (between NASA and SCCA).
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Savage Geese (real name, Mark) is a YouTuber who creates car videos that are unque in their depth, honesty, and technical analysis. He's an experienced track driver with a professional background in tech and film, all skills that lend themselves well to making car videos. He's brutally honesty, and often puts cars on a lift to look at engineering pros and cons. If you want to see what the underside of a ZL1 looks like, or which car's shocks suck, he's your guy.
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Bisi Ezerioha is the best kind of engineer, because he has crazy ideas. Like 1000HP Honda minivans, a Honda Insight built to drag race, and Porsche that shoot lots of fire. He builds cars the come from weird dreams. Today, he tells us the story of how he got here.
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Brett Hatfield is an automotive auction analyst. If you want to know why a car sold for what, he's your guy. He shares a lot of his thoughts at https://www.readthedriven.com.
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Michael O'Neai is the host of the Solopreneur Hour Podcast, and the host of the YT channel, RENNCH, where he repairs, modifies, and drives his air-cooled 911.
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Marco Gerace is the owner and operator of TLG Auto, a shop that repairs and restores Porsches, exclusively.
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Brian Makse is a championship-winning racing driver, auto writer and on-camera presenter with a large YouTube following. His experience racing gives him a perspective about cars that few journalists have.
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Mike Spinelli is an OG of auto journalism, and one of the founders of Jalopnik.com. He is now Executive Video Producer at TheDRIVE.com, and a host of "/DRIVE" on NBC Sports. Alex Roy once held the transcontinental driving record, covers autonomous cars and tech for TheDRIVE.com, and also hosts "/DRIVE".
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Aaron Gold is a hilarious, knowledgable guy who has been writing about cars for decades, and loves the strange and eccentric automobile (or, vehicle, rather). He's been caring for the TST Million Mile Lexus, taking road trips with his wife, Robin, who joins us on this show.
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Nino Cutraro is a former editor for /DRIVE (online and television), is now a lead editor for Mark Walberg's production company, Unrealistic Ideas. He is also a budding music producer. He's collaborated with a number of up-and-coming artists and his new album, "No Time", is up on Soundcloud.
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Steve Dinan has been a master behind building racing engines and teams but he got his street cred modifying BMWs. His cars have always been fast, reliable, and modified in a comprehensive method. His new company is called Carbahn Autoworks.
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"Sticker Shock" is a new show (airing Weds at 10PM) on Dicovery channel where hostsTodd Wertman and Nick Smith appraise people's cars. They both have been in the car business for a long time, and have owned a very interesting array of vehicles.
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Tanner Foust has checked almost all the boxes in the world of automotive to dos: He's a stunt driver, a winning racer, a winning drifter, and he's hosted Top Gear America. Today, he talks about all of it. Joining him for part of the episode is actor Scott Eastwood. A star of "The Fate and the Furious", we talk about his new Ford GT, driving lessons, and bad airplanes.
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VF Engineering has been bolting superchargers to cars for a long time, without compromising their reliability or drivability. We've experienced VF's cars first hand and they are always impressive. Today we interview the man in charge, Nik Saran, about why he likes superchargers, how to make power without breaking things, BMW M4s vs Mercedes C63s, supercharging Lamborghinis, and a lot more. This was a great talk, and we learned a lot.
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Micah 'Bam Bamm' White is a hilarious stand up comedian from Virginia. He was one of our earliest guests on the podcast, back in 2012. Topics include One Take cars, stand up comedy, and "rich white people shit".
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Jayz 2 Cents is a YouTuber with a huge following, known for building computers and all things tech. BUT he also loves cars, has owned and tracked a few, and is currently modifying his new Camaro ZL1 1LE. We talk about shaving seconds, adding horsepower, track times, traction control systems, and talk about collectible cars.
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Bendan McAleer has written for some of our favorite automotive sites, including The Truth about Cars, Road & Track, and Hagerty. Brad Brownell is a founder of RADWOOD, one of the best car shows on Earth. On this episode we talk about Canadian cars, bad cars, rad cars, 90s cars, old Porsches, and argue about what is slow.
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Kristen Lee and Jason Torchinksy are writers for Jalopnik.com, one of the world's most popular automotive websites. They cover every part of the automotive world, driving cool things, fast things, weird things. Their co-workers Raphael Orlove and Michael Ballaban also chime in. Topics include fast Mercedes cars, rust, collectible cars, a motorcycle rider that let Kristen down, and more..
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Jeff Glucker is an auto journalist, YouTuber, podcaster and part-owner of all things Hooniverse. He joins us to talk about Corvette engines, Infiniti steering, his broken Mercedes project, and more.
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Jonny Lieberman is a host and writer for the Motor Trend shows "Ignition" and "Head-2-Head". He drives all the things we dream about, and we don't always agree on what's good. Topics include scary track toys, wet pants, bourbon, the new ZR1 Corvette, and a ton more.
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The man behind the nameless, voiceless, racing-suit-clad driver of BBC's Top Gear, Ben Collins. This is one of the coolest guests ever, and the talk did not disappoint. We talk about how he kept anonymous, bounties for his identity, production, driving, racing, and lots more.
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Rod Emory is master fabricator who specializes in vintage Porsches, with much of his focus being on the 356. His style is totally unique, and his quality is almost without equal. He comes from a long line of hot rodders, and his accomplishments are a sight to behold. Google his car (now) and listen along.
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Some people go off-roading for a weekend, or a week. These two left the busy life behind and went off-roading for over a year, straight, living out of their modified Jeeps. We talk about how they do it, why they do it, their Baja tours, what they drive, and how you can join in.
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Journalist Manuel Carrillo is about to start a 7-day slam to get his vintage Porsche running for the Luftkeghult meet, so he spends his last remaining free hours with us talking about Lamborghinis, 4-wheel steering Aventadors, Gumball airplanes, rally techniques, cheap track cars, how good the Lotus Evora is, crazy motorcycles, and more.
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Kyle Hyatt and James McKeone used to host the Peteresen Automotive Museum podcast, CarStories, but have struck out on their own with a new show and brand, No Braking! They stop by to talk about 80s and 90s cars, cheap Z28 Camaros, which car to "Safari" out, rallying Bentleys, and a ton more.
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Lane and Art are hosts of the Driving While Awesome podcast, and part of the founding crew of the amazing car show, Radwood, a meet that celebrates the best and worst of the 80s and 90s, including cars, costumes, and music. Where else can you see a Vanilla Ice lookalike standing next to a Skyline, which is parked next to an E30 M3, which is parked next to a Dodge Caravan? Nowhere.
www.radwood.com
This podcast is also a video! https://youtu.be/XYzHkcqnM2k
IG: @thesmokingtire, @zackklapmana, @artsees, @laneskelton
2 Part Show! Composer/filmmaker/Porsche driver, Derek Whitacre and then drifter/wrench/YouTuber, Emilia Hartford.
1st: Derek Whitacre -who brought his turbocharged 1982 Porsche 911SC to a One Take shoot that had rain, which is perfect - is here to talk about car and his documentary, "We Live Machinery", about the 2015 Targa Baja California.
2nd: Emilia Hartford is a YouTuber, wrench, time attacker-turned-drifter who quit her day job to build cars and make YouTube videos full time. She sits down to talk about LS1 swaps, center cards, clickbait, charity, and a lot more .
This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/28Fy7QjbH_A
Derek Whitacre
- IG: @real_derek_whitacre
- Documentary "We Live Machinery" at https://chassy.com/product/we-live-machinery/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKp3Jh8Slcs
Emilia Hartford
- www.youtube.com/c/emiliahartford
- IG: @ms.emilia
Larry Chen is one the best automotive photographers working today. He is a principle of SPEEDHUNTERS, and also shoots Formula D, off-road racing, and tons of other content, for teams and companies. He and Matt talk about his swapped Datsun, chasing celebrities in a 240, Mustangs, cameras, and a lot more. If you're into car stories or photography, this is one to listen to.
http://www.larrychenphoto.com/
This episode is available as a video! https://youtu.be/g8nunGgiUzE
T: @thesmokingtire, @larry_chen_photo, @zackklapman
IG: @thesmokingtire, @fakezackklapman
What car do you get if you can afford any and every car available? How do you stand out if you're shopping from the same dealership as everyone else? You have a car made for you. That's what Unicus Cars does: builds one-off customs that have never been seen. We think that's pretty interesting, so we sat down with Darren and Nate, to find out how they do it.
Watch their promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZkl5cuhK8
This podcast is available as a video! https://youtu.be/sQtcBoz5nwU
T: @thesmokingtire, @zackklapman
IG: @thesmokingtire, @fakezackklapman
Longtime friends Paul and Todd host a great youtube channel (and podcast) called "Everyday Driver", where they do head-to-head tests, road trips, and long-form videos paying homage to legendary cars and marques.
www.youtube.com/everydaydriver
This show is also a video! https://youtu.be/ugDJ2B0BiGc
www.youtube.com/everydaydriver
www.everydaydriver.com
T: @thesmokingtire @everydaydriver
Patrick Costello is an Executive Producer of a new History Channel show, "Truck Night in America".
https://www.history.com/shows/truck-night-in-america
This show is also a video! https://youtu.be/jVHA363qCzA
IG:
@thesmokingtire
@jamespatrickcostello
Randy Nonnenberg is the founder of BringaTrailer, one of the best places to find interesting cars to buy, and one of the most addicting websites for a car fan. Matt stopped by BaT headquarters in SF to talk about the used car market.
http://www.bringatrailer.com
This podcast is a video too! https://youtu.be/kR1WWt1pXQo
George Notaras has been an automotive journalist and friend of TST for about a decade. He travels the world driving all the good things, and puts out his reviews on YouTube. He joins us to talk about Porsches, planes, ice driving a Kia Stinger, and lots more. Check his channel out! https://www.youtube.com/user/MotoManTV
This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/PfONQ3rGk68
IG: @thesmokingtire @motomantv @fakezackklapman
T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman @motomantv
Alex Berstein was an auto journalist but now sits behind the lens shooting photos for some of the biggest OEMs in the business. But in his spare time, he builds high-powered BMWs. His current project is a 135i, bought for incredibly little, but packing a lot of good parts. We talk about BMW builds, turbos, track-specific suspension setups, and a lot more.
This episode is available as a video! https://youtu.be/lDFW2Nriwh0
IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman @bernooo
Marcus and Grayson of RoadsUntraveled are on a So-Cal road trip and came to talk about cars, tracks, S. American road trips and lots more. Roads Untraveled is a YouTube channel hosted by Marcus Vandenburg, showcasing the coolest cars that Canada (mostly) has to offer, and they have a lot. They get all the cool stuff we don't.
This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/-nliGz543Cg
T:
@thesmokingtire
@zackklapman
IG:
@thesmokingtire
@fakezackklapman
@roadsuntraveled
What car would you build to live in Africa? Karl Knows. Karl Muth built a Jaguar XJ8L with an LS swap and Audi seats, and the video has 600k views on our channel. He's collected all kinds of cool cars, built a very interesting Toyota truck, and has all kinds of style.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/-AHsHnPuZH4
Karl built this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTAXykiqsGs&t=28s
IG:
@thesmokingtire
@fakezackklapman
@haystack
Twitter:
@thesmokingtire
@zackklapman
On this episode we talk about Matt's trip to the Barrett Jackson auction in Scottsdale, and all the in.sane. things you can buy there. We talk price trends on pro touring cars, sports cars, and sheets. Then it's on to the test drive of the new Subaru STI RA and BRZ TS, special edition cars that are hopefully more than the sum of their parts. Matt went to a track to see what they're about, and then we get to your questions.
This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/DiSTu7zcgeY
T: @thesmokingtire, @zackklapman
IG: @thesmokingtire, @fakezackklapman
If you don't know the Regular Car Reviews, you need to. They do car reviews like no one else: insightful, weird, dirty, clever, (formerly) faceless. Matt sat down with the men behind the brilliance.
https://www.youtube.com/user/RegularCars
This episode is available in downloadable audio only format on iTunes, Google Play, wherever you get podcasts, or at the host site: https://youtu.be/YJ7eoUEhYlQ
INSTAGRAM
@thesmokingtire
@regularcarreviews
@nick.roman
This episode is a 2 parter: In the first part Matt and Zack discuss the Lotus Evora they had, Zack's off-road coaching that almost led to death mountain, Robocop cars, movie cars, and answer a lot of questions. In part 2, they were at Buttonwillow Speedway and got to talk to Sam Smith and Travis Okulski of "Road & Track". These guys are fast, funny, and we have a great time. We're also joined by Efran Olivares, PR manager for some very fast cars.
This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/bedFTiC2Fg8
IG: @thatsamsmith, @tokulski. @thesmokingtire, @fakezackklapman
Spike Feresten and Paul Zuckerman are fixtures of the car community, but their passion -or addiction- is to Porsches. They buy them, share them, and boy do they have some good ones.
On this episode they talk about owning 911 Rs, GT3s, 356s, driving Letterman's cars, why the R is not the same as the GT3 Touring, and tell some horror stories of their first cars.We also discuss the cars of Seinfeld (Spike was a writer on the show), what's good about sharing a car, and what happened to John Cena's Ford GT.
Check out Spikes podcast: https://www.podcastone.com/spikes-car-radio
This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/5cyW-lVeBcE
IG:
@thesmokingtire
@spikeferesten
@therealzuckerman
@fakezackklapman
Cody, or "DOCTAM3" as he's known, is an automotive YouTuber who does something we should all do: bring's his car on vacation with him. And what a vacation car has he: His current car is a Lamborghini Huracan Performante, and his last was a Ferrari 458 Italia, so naturally, we talk about super cars, exotics, as well as Hummers and other oddities.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/GkZJsO6513M
IG: @doctam3
YT: www.youtube.com/doctam3
Matt Crooke was running a tuning company's operations at age 16, and today is the lead designed of one of the most famous wheel companies around: Fifteen52 Wheels. You've seen his work spinning in piles of smoke , while attached to the Hoonicorn, or other Ken block creations. Today we sit down with the man behind those awesome styles.
This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/GVeev5BUwDk
https://fifteen52.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/mattcrooke
John Chase is the Art Director of [HOONIGAN]. Those cool shirts, stickers, and logos they have? He made those. He's also a die-hard car guy who drives old cars and rebuilds them himself. We talk about his history in art, cars he likes, riding in trophy trucks, and a lot more.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/mKuckC6C1TI
@thesmokingtire
@zackklapman
IG:
@jchase7542
@thesmokingtire
@fakezackklapman
In this episode, Thaddeus is still chilling, having temporarily escaped from Dubai, and Hooniverse's (And Truck Central's) Jeff Glucker stops by the studio to hang with the boys. Jeff is a vintage car, beer, food, and truck enthusiast who is always a great guest.
Check out Jeff's new show 'Test Drive Tuesdays' on Truck Central here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkgw2Yd52tOKHqareJOOwVg
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/8tlX5t4gf60
On this episode we sit with professional driver, Patrick Long. He's been on Porsche's Factory Team, he helped found the Porsche event Luftkeghult, and is part of the team building the amazing dirt-ready 911s, Luftauto.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/v_tbmKgTWAc
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Long
Pat's site: http://patricklong.com/
IG: https://twitter.com/plong44
@thesmokingtire
@zackklapman
@motoraffair
It's a double episode! Dir. of Photography Thad Brown, and a chef with almost as many Mercedes as he has restaurants, Sang Yoon!
In the first part of this episode our own Dir. of Photography, Thaddeus Brown, returns from Dubai! He has McLaren F1 stories, Pagani stories, and talks about the cars he can and can't get there.
In the second half we are joined by the man that invented the gastropub as we know it, Chef Sang Yoon. He has a very interesting, tasteful car collection, talks to us about cars, food, drinks, and he might have a watch or two.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/kH84GZLQYuY
Thaddeus IG: https://www.instagram.com/brownbrownbrown1/
Sang's IG: https://www.instagram.com/chefsangyoon/
Sang's Restaurants: http://chefsangyoon.com/
TJ Fry is a pro-am drifter, multi-discipline driving instructor, and longtime friend of TST. He's taught in the dirt, snow, rocks, and on tarmac.
TJ is in town as a demo driver for the Mercedes' G Wagen sideshow, and brought fellow instructor (and Baja enthusiast) Jeff White along with him.
Topics covered include approach angles, off-roading, why you don't need a G63 AMG to climb metal, driving techniques, building 240s, and where cars are today.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/NY2FpnPqK8o
Check out TJ's YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/tjdrives
IG: @TJdrives
Check out Jeff's Shop: https://www.facebook.com/jawindustries
Matt:
- IG: @thesmokingtire
- T: @thesmoking tire
Zack Klapman:
- IG: @fakezackklapman
- T: @zackklapman
Mike Spinelli is an O.G. in the world of online automotive journalism. He worked at 0-60 Magazine with Brian Scotto (of the Hoonigan Empire), and was the first writer at Jalopnik. He currently hosts "After/DRIVE", does video reviews for TheDRIVE.com, and is one of the hosts of "/DRIVE on NBC Sports".
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/EztsRTwhM_w
Mike on IG: https://www.instagram.com/mikespinelli/
Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikespin
Mike on The DRIVE: http://www.thedrive.com/author/mike-spinelli
Aaron Gold -one of our funniest and most frequent guests- returns, and he brought a friend, automotive YouTuber Brian Makse. V12 vs V8s, spool valves, crashing, forbidden cars; this episode has it all.
Aaron has been in this business for decades, and always has an interesting take on a car, a few strange interests (usually featuring diesel) and a bevy of odd voices to help paint a picture. Brian has been talking about cars on YouTube for 4 years, and tested a mess of performance cars. The guys start off the show comparing new Astons to new Bentleys, leading to a debate of V8s vs V12s. Later in the show Brian talks about suspension damping and spool valves, the Chevrolet ZR2, forbidden cars, the 25 year ban, near-misses in racing, and a lot more.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/qs4aowkX0x0
Check out Brian's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/brianmakse
Check out Aaron's car advice here: https://www.thoughtco.com/aaron-gold-532199
After leaving radio to work in the middle of Australia, Manuel Carrillo III found a job around hs favorite thing: cars. He writes for a large number of websites, films and photograhs, but his focus right now is restoring the Porsche 911 he was driven home in after he was born. Yanked from cluttered garage, he dragged it to SEMA in its current state; a car that was honest about where it had been. He talks to us about the car's journey, and a broken Mustang that seems impossible to fix.
Other topics include the duration of a Safari build, the upcoming Radwood 2 show, cheap 90s cars, and how to make $150,000 into $80,000.
This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/2ZqSs3E4kdU
Check out Manuel's content here:
YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/ManuelCarrillo3
Internet Brands: https://www.internetbrandsauto.com/blog/author/manuel-carrillo-iii/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mc3films/
Anthony Lahner started his career painting wheels in alleys, but now he runs a company that can restore or perfect the look of any car. We interview him in the second half of the show, after Matt and Zack talk about drifting and bad car movies.
He brought Matt's R32 GT-R back to factory-fresh and upholstered the interior of his Mustang, but he's done far more than that, from cutting his teeth working at a luxury service center to painting out of a van. He's learned which luxury cars are cheap, what causes some weird Ferrari problems, how to protect you car, and has some funny stories about the early days.
In addition, Zack took his E46 drifting- finally- and saw some interesting match ups at the track, so we compare the drifting dynamics of an M3, a 240SX, and the other things we've slid. Topics also include a hilariously-bad car movie from the 80s, why gasoline gets hot, and plenty more.
EXOTICAR: http://www.exoticar-la.com/
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/4YKEoU1EnRM
We are back from SEMA and there's a new 1987 Porsche 911 sitting in the parking lot. Matt has picked up his car for a Leh Keen Safari project, and spent 1,000 miles getting to know it. Zack also gives his perspective on the car and its unique driving habits. We also discuss the new top speed record, SEMA truck trends, the 6-wheeled Raptor, and a lot more.
Recorded live from the show floor at SEMA, this episode covers a lot of ground. The first half of the show features Brad, Rick, Lane, and Art. founders of the Radwood car show, coming to Los Angeles on December 2nd, and featuring 80's and 90's cars. Then, in the second half, we bring on old friends of the show Rob Ferretti, Tommy Farrell (aka Tommy FYeah), Mike Musto, and Larry Kosilla, plus an appearance from recent One Take fan favorite Lars Wolfe, talking more about his Nissan Juke "Multipurpose Racer"
Special thanks to Magnaflow for providing the means and being the title sponsor for this podcast!
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/ZnwFraa5VxE
Info about Radwood here:
https://www.radwood.co/
Check out the official YouTuber Challenge Here:
https://youtu.be/4veuWTI4Xu4
Check out Matt's Fox Body on Track video here:
https://youtu.be/LYlyQqNr1Ac
In this podcast we have Jonny Lieberman and Jethro Bovingdon, the hosts of Motor Trend's hit shows "Head-2-Head" and "IGNITION". Jonny has been on these shows for years, but Jethro is a new import from England, with the accent and drifting skills we've come to expect from writers across the pond. They're in town shooting a McLaren 720S, so we talk about that. We argue about the Acura NSX, Jonny defends Honda Civic Type R's cooling system, and discuss the crazy things Mercedes owns. Other topics include ICON's Derelicts, McLaren F1s, Porsche purchases, NSX pricing and sales, whiskey, and plenty else.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/3xJCGop6knE
Watch Head-2-Head here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjz4Q0jBqXs&list=PLA97180860447EE6A
Watch IGNITION here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVX8OAHYxm8&list=PLEFAC5D656286E89B
In this episode, recorded on location, Matt visits O.G. Luxury Tuner and customizer Matt Figliola, founder of AI Design in Tuckahoe, NY. Matt and his band of genius craftsmen have been building tricked out luxury vehicles since 1992, and have set several industry standards for incredible, stealth design. Matt Figliola is also credited with popularizing Matte Black paint in 2005, upon revealing a then-unknown skateboarder named Ken Block's customized CLS55. Matt discusses trends in the customizing industry, revisits some of his favorite builds, and talks about some of the insane technologies his customers ask him to install into their vehicles. We also dissect some of the best technologies and speakers in the car stereo market. One of AI's most famous builds is Alex Roy's "Polizei144" BMW M5, so Alex joins us to talk about augmented reality, autonomous driving, and what the future of luxury customizing might look like.
Check out AI Design's crazy work at:
http://www.aidesign.com
Check out Alex's new high-end NYC Stereo Boutique at:
https://www.nohosound.com/
This show is available as a video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRimKNRoFrc
Triple guest podcast! Chris Cantle of Motorcyclist magazine, and Raphael Orlove and Michael Balaban, hosts of Jalopnik's new TV show, "Car vs America."
Chris has written for nearly everybody. Road & Track, The /DRIVE, Popular Mechanics, and surely more. He's now the Editor in Chief of "Motorcyclist", a print/web magazine that's been around since the early 1900s.
And Raph and Mike of Jalopnik maybe-fame stopped by while filming their new TV show, airing on Fusion TV.
Topics range from the new Acura NSX, crashing motorcycles, being embarrassed in the pits, racing bad cars, Harley's, Ducatis, and much more.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/D7CuXM47nDQ
ICON 4X4 founder Jonathan Ward joins us again with much to discuss! He's brought an epic 1958 Rolls Royce with a 500 HP LS7, and he's got his new "Duesey" Watch, which he designed himself after teaching himself CAD. We discuss yacht design, sailing the Mediterranean, robotic kitchens, wind tunnels, and old cars of all kinds.
Learn more about ICON cars, trucks and now watches at: http://www.icon4x4.com
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/YP7tPKH4k9Q
Segment 1: VortexRadar
Arlei Bravy is the founder of VortexRadar.com; we discuss "countermeasures," radar and laser detectors, laser jammers, and common sense on the road, how to avoid getting tickets while covering ground on the highways, and dash cam suggestions.
http://www.vortexradar.com
https://www.instagram.com/vortexradar/
Roger Donaldson is a renowned film director and producer, known mainly for The World's Fastest Indian, The Recruit, Cocktail, and Species. He visits us today to discuss 'McLaren," his new documentary about the life of Bruce McLaren and the founding of the car company by his name.
Get 'McLaren' on iTunes here:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/mclaren/id1223603090
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/djJX4cjvX5A
Aaron Robinson has been an Automotive journalist for over 20 years, most recently as a senior editor and columnist at Car and Driver Magazine. Now settling into his new gig at the all-new HAGERTY magazine, Aaron stops by the show to get into some nerdy details as always. Aaron is a pilot, so we discuss Matt's first flying lesson and the hobby of aviation, revisit the famous "Lamborghini Log" video, and appreciate the hell out of Aaron's beautiful 1942 Buick sedan. We also talk collector car values, investments good and bad, and discuss the never-ending debate of whether to run all cars on the same tires at "Lightning Lap" style events, or to "run what ya brung"
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/vQoYaIJiIyw
Tony Quiroga is a Senior Editor at Car and Driver magazine, and secret funny person. He and his team at C/D just published their "Lightning Lap" comparison, where they take some of this years best driver's cars to Virginia International Raceway to see how they compare, regardless of price. Other topics include bad traffic, Matt's SL500 Mercedes, recent road trips,
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/xKEv23Sr55Q
You can find videos of Car and Driver's Lightning Lap here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RsbgZMqDVU
Follow him on Instagram here:
http://www.instagram.com/guaupants
This podcast is about bad cars, weird cars, and LS-swapped 911s. Our guest is Tyler Hoover, an automotive journalist who has made a name for himself by acquiring a vast collection of...odd cars, or "hoopties", as he calls them. He's a man with eccentric taste, truly adhering to the idea, "Variety is the spice of life."
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/iAcWPGh8KO8
You can find videos of all of Tyler's cars (including his LS-swapped 911) on his YouTube channel, "Hoovie's Garage".
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdEczn3MVkx_4PnMZ10MVFA
He also writes for AutoTrader.com/Oversteer, alongside Doug Demuro (and others).
https://www.autotrader.com/oversteer
Follow him on Twitter here:
http://www.twitter.com/hooviesgarage
In this episode we are joined by automotive journalist Ryan ZumMallen, staff writer at Trucks.com, as well as a contributor for Road &Track, Car and Driver, and Autobytel. Ryan and Matt talk about the new, 700 HP Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, the Honda Civic Type R, and the legend that is the Lexus LFA. We also get into collectible sneakers, Ryan's personal vice, talk about how to test ski and bike racks in extreme conditions, racing Honda Odyssey's, and the 80's most garish supercars.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/pTH1IqYq7dE
Follow Ryan on Twitter at:
https://twitter.com/zoomy575m
Read Ryan's work at Trucks.com here:
https://www.trucks.com/author/ryanzummallen/
Magnus Walker, everyone's favorite Porsche enthusiast stops by The Smoking Tire studio on the tail end of his world tour to promote his new book, "Dirt Don't Slow you Down," available on Amazon. We talk Porsche (obviously) but also racing, car culture all over the world, and Pebble Beach. Plus, Magnus talks Ferrari vs. Lamborghini.
We are also joined by Bloomberg Autos columnist Hannah Elliot, a New York based automotive journalist fresh from her coverage of the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/TkoxKUriIzw
Read Hannah's Column Here:
https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AR_gYx13m9A/hannah-elliott
And follow her on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/hannahelliottxo
Magnus's Book, "Dirt Don't Slow You Down," Is available in US Booksellers and on Amazon as of 9/1/17
https://goo.gl/2knLXc
Legendary tuner John Hennessey has been in the horsepower business for over 25 years. From humble beginnings modifying the Mitsubishi 3000GT to making himself known with the world's fastest street Vipers, and now the 273 MPH Hennessey Venom GT, John's business Hennessey Performance is one of the world's largest and most successful tuning outfits. He joins us to talk about his newest projects like the 800 HP Supercharged Shelby GT350 and 800 HP Escalade, teases the new Venom F5, and responds to his most recent controversy.
John is joined by an old friend of ours, Vinny Russo, who has worked in all areas of the automotive marketing and PR industry. He has worked for Lamborghini, Maserati, Spyker, and more. Vinny has recently gotten attention for his $10,000 Dodge Viper project car.
This show is available as a video!
Larry Kosilla is one of Matt's oldest friends; they grew up together in Westchester, NY, and went to middle school and high school together. They began the car industry together, founding the New York Motor Club in 2005, which is where Matt got started making videos. Now, Larry is one of the world's best car detailers, employed by corporations, celebrities, and titans of industries to keep fleets of classics looking their best. He also created a car care product line from scratch called AMMO NYC. Larry and Matt tell stories, talk about their project cars, and Larry answers your detailing questions.
This show is available as a video@
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6rp_jc0CSU
Use code 'TST' to get free shipping on any of Larry's AMMO NYC car care products from:
http://www.ammonyc.com
In this episode we are joined by Joey Seely, formerly of BBI Autosport and founder of E-Motion Engineering, a boutique Porsche build shop here in SoCal. Joey is a motorsport engineer, builder of the LuftAuto rally cars, and a master of setup. Also joined by Patrick Stevenson of the Motor Affair podcast, who tells tales of all his broken project cars.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/-EFXBX24EOU
In this episode of the podcast, Matt and Jonathon Klein discuss Jon's recent adventures driving short-track dirt sprint cars, his broken Volkswagen Golf R, off-roading Model T's, strategies for getting out of a ticket, and what it's like to ride Keanu Reeves's Arch Motorcycle.
This show is available as a video!
https://youtu.be/9dztJIMTkcY
In this episode of The Smoking Tire podcast, Matt has his first go at a solo show, channeling his inner Bill Burr and talking about behind the scenes in production, his take on various trends around the industry, answers your questions, and is joined by his girlfriend Hanna who answers your questions about Matt's worst habits. Also, it's lit like an interrogation.
This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/8B8klO_9RR8
Rob Ferretti is a great character in that he has actual opinions, which he can defend. He has owned no fewer than a dozen exotic sports cars personally, and has been the proprietor of Gotham Dream Cars exotic car rental company fronm 2004 until 2017. His YouTube channel, SuperSpeedersRob features insights into the exotic car lifestyle for better or worse, crap car challenges, and collaborations with other YouTubers. Additionally, this episode will be Chris Hayes' final appearance on The Smoking Tire podcast, as he moves on to more lucrative and time-consuming projects. In doing so, he hands over control of the board to Matt, so please be kind as this is Matt's first time live-mixing audio.
This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/p__LPgq8A6w
Matt Farah and Zack Klapman are on their own on this one, and talk about cars, driving knowledge, answering lots of listener questions, ranting about Fast and Furious movies, and more.
Matt, Alex Roy, and Mike Spinelli take a break from filming an episode of /DRIVE on NBC Sports to record a podcast in their hotel room.
Our guest is driving instructor Austin Cabot. He's led the instruction at Speed Venture and Gridlife track events, owned some awesome cars, and just bought...an ambulance. We talk about cars, how to drive fast, how to mod your car, and that ambulance.
This week our good friends over at Turn 10 are back in LA for E3 to show off Forza Motorsport 7. As is tradition creative director at Turn 10 Dan Greenawalt joins us to talk about the new game. In addition to the new game we touch on the brand new Xbox One X and gaming in HDR + 4k along with Dan's love for his GT350.
Once again Spike Feresten joins us in the studio; this time to promote his new podcast Spike Feresten's Car Radio. As is tradition when Spike is around Porsche gets lots of air time which in this case coincided with our preview earlier in the day of Forza 7 which debuted the new 991 GT2 RS. Additionally Matt and Zack share grid life stories and somehow we end up back on watches.
Jonny Lieberman and Nic Cuarta of Bee Line Coffee Co. join us with a selection of various California hillbilly fuel for Matt to sample. We talk essential oils, whiskey and on occassion cars. Nic's family has a storied background in racing and he shares the story of how that turned into a coffee company. As usual we cover Porsches and Jony shares his experience in the 991.2 GT3 along with his undyring love for Mercedes G-Wagons. Despite none of us having even sat in the new Ford GT we all speculate on Ford's new halo car. In addition we drop a little rumor on the new twin turbo Lexus V8.
Watchmaker Cameron Weiss, of Weiss Watch Company, comes by to explain how he built his Mercedes 4x4, why he loves driving his 1959 Beetle, and everything you want to know about watches: how they were made last century, how they make them now, wy some cost as much as a house, and what you should buy if you have $50, or $500,000. It's an incredible kind of engineering that parallels the car world clearly. Sitting in with us again is Nic Cuarta, of Bee Line Coffee.
Once again in studio our friend and frequent guest Mr. Alex Roy joins us. This week we cover amature racing,, Miatas, McLarens dinner clubs and a bevy of other random subject matter that usually occur when Alex joins us.
Creator of ICON 4x4, builder of some of the most beautiful and functional vehicles on Earth, Jonathan Ward.
Our guests today are the hilarious hosts from the new /DRIVE series, "Corbin's Hit Show", Corbin Goodwin and Michael Elterman. They are experts at turning cheap heaps into fast heaps. Their show is about making a cheap, used car as fast as its modern counterpart, using junk yard parts. In their first show they bought a 1984 Mustang SVO and got quite creative with it.
Also in this show, Matt talks about travel, and Mustangs. Michael tells the story of bad steering modifications, and Corbin misses his evo.
Learn why Stanceworks isn't what you think it is, why you may not want a racing motor, and why you should go vintage racing. Guests: Mike Burroughs and Efrain Olivares
On this episode our guests are Chris, the host of the hilarious project-oriented YouTube channel that is 'B is for Build", and Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez, of Jalopnik, who now has a channel of his own. Both of them share the love of buying something cheap and crappy, and putting in the work to create something amazing, weird, or interesting. The cars they brought are an indication that they're crazy like a fox.
In studio this week Pete Callaway of Callaway Cars joins us. Most people know Callaway for their very potent Corvette packages however they provide solutions for many of GM V8 platforms and Pete shares their origins in modifying BMW 3 series' and first gen VW GTIs. It's not often that we have two VERY fast press cars on hand simultaneously and it's a rare day that one of them is a GT-R and it feels slow by comparison. Matt and Zack fill us in on the insanity that is the Callaway AeroWagen.
This week we welcome Thad Norman from Hypercar Development joins us to talk about their insane 3 turbo compound McLarens. Matt drove one of their cars several months back and came away thoroughly impressed. Beyond McLaren's Thad shares a lot of knowledge on how warranties are affected by ECU tuning, the ins-and-outs of dyno accuracy and just how modular the McLaren lineup is.
Jeff Segal has been a professional racing driver since his early 20s, racing Ferraris, BMWs, Maseratis, and now the new Acura NSXGT. He joined us while in town to race at the Long Beach Grand Prix, to talk about car setups, simulators, tuning challenges, and a whole lot more. This was a great show, and we wish him luck on April 8th.
In a rare Saturday morning podcast Bill Caswell drops by to catch up. Its been about a year since Bill had been on the show and we caught up on the life of North America's favorite rally nomad. Matt drives a few classic Alfas along with the 1LE Camaro, Bill shares stories about the spotty build quality of his Exige and we all look forward to Grid Life.
A rare ealry morning podcast brings Dax Shepard to the show to promoto CHiPs (out March 24). Dax rolled up in an E63 wagon which of course instantly ingratiated him in the house that smoke, tires and low-brow humor built. We learned how Dax's mother built a thriving automotive event business during his formative years, how many Hypermotards it takes to film a feature and that Kristen Bell is surprisingly cool with Dax launching their family in the air on a sand rail.
Joined once again by Betim Berisha of BBI Autosport we talk all things Porsche, Matt's ailing Mustang, the eery calm of pro drivers, why 996 projects are a headache and deep suspension geekery. Plus Matt gives us his take on the new Lincoln Continental.
This week Thad and Tom are in town for some undisclosed business and we're joined by Aaron Gold (@AutoNerd). Aaron and Matt are fresh off the Lexus LC 500 launch in Hawaii, the Tesla Model X is rife with issues, my Fiesta is an electrical mess and the model T proves more reliable than both.
Today's guest: Marcus Vandenberg, from the YouTube car show Roads Untraveled. He gets to drive lots of awesome JDM cars we don't see here, including maniacally powerful swapped vehicles. We talk about how he got his start, some of the crazy things he's driven, big engines in little cars, M3 and Mustang updates, and a whole lot more. Check out their podcast too, Roads Untraveled, on Shout Engine.
This week we're joined by Alex Bernstein (@AlexBernPhoto) fomerly of 0-60 Magazine, Rides Magazine, European car Magazine and now man of general automtoive media indepdence (i.e. hustling various gigs). Alex is an old friend that Matt caught up with at the Michelin PS4S launch in Palm Springs. Alex has a fairly extensive history of super modified cars including a bonkers e46 and his current "mild" 335 sedan at round 500HP but built with many M3 parts. In addition Matt shares his most recent track tale with the Baruth brothers, Sam Smith and Travis Okulski. Also, my Fiesta ST is a sparking mess of electrical failure.
Guest this week: Armin Balg, a man who loves M3s, as long as they've been questionably maintained. Friend and exceptional /DRIVE camera operator, he has owned 3 E36 M3s, and recently bought an E46 that was full of surprises. He graces us with his tales of woe, while Matt talks about driving the Dinan M2, driving the M1, first M5, and other news.
Joined this week by a Byron Bowers (@byronbowers) a Comedy Store regular by way of Atlanta along with a voice you should all be familiar with at this point Jon Klein (@jonathon_klein) of Automobile Magazine. Byron shares stories from his life in Atlanta, the comedy scene, his recent trip to Cuba and his affinity for german iron. Meanwhile Jonathon does his usual thing and shares his experience in the Scarbo Performance SVF1.
As Matt prepares for his ski trip to reenact the tropes of every shoddily made 1980s teen ski dramas my co-host on Hooniverse and long time friend Jeff Glucker joins us for a little catch up session with Matt.
This week we are joined by enterneur and vintage Porsche icon, Magnus Walker. He send a trend for modifying (and driving the crap out of) vintage 911s, and many have followed suit. Joining him is longtime TST friend and Hollywood stunt driver, Sera Trimble (@trims440), who tells us how she came to have the job we all envy.
Long time friends of ours and frequent contributors Patrick Stevenson and Jason Connor join us to plug their new podcast The Motor Affair. Given all of our familiarity we veer off track rather quickly but the product is predictablly riidiculous and entertaining.
Rounding out the craptacular spectacle that was 2016 we're eased into the new year by Mike Tornabene (@Mike_Tornabene) of Bro Science and GNARPM. Many of you know Mike as Dom Mazzetti but as of late he has been getting into the automotive world with going from a CTS-V, to a V12 Vantage and finally settling on a tuned McLaren 570s.
TST's own Thaddeus Brown has taken a vacation from his job filming in Dubai to return to the home base. After filming nearly half the content on /DRIVE and The Smoking Tire, he left to seek fame and sun burns. He's returned with tales of lawless driving, speed limits go ignored, the deletion of blinkers, turbo-charged off-roaders, and his 6-month stretch decidind what used car to buy. Should he buy a C63 AMG? Or a used Ford Raptor? What about a rally car? Maybe finance a McLaren (hint: no)? Or should he buy a BMW M3? The circle goes round and round.
On this episode we sit down with the director of "The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car", Damon Ristau, to talk about the importance of the VW Beetle, why he made this movie, and why a terrible car is so important. Producer Tory Alonzo joins us as well.
This week we're joined by Mischa Pollock of Drunk Tech Review. Mischa has a new show on National Geographic; Machine Impossible where he travels the world sampling all manner of strange machinery including, boats w/ tank tracks, jet packs and high speed manned air foils.
A significant chunk of the Jalopnik staff joins us while in town for the LA auto show while Matt delivers stories from South Africa.
This time we're joined in studio by the Everday Driver crew along with a rotating cast of Jalopnik writers in town for the LA Auto Show. In addition we cover Paul and Todd's new film covering the evolution of the BMW M3, Matt loves the new Ferrari California and 488 whilst the rest of the world crumbles around us.
This week's guest is David Patterson, host of the YouTube channel thatdudeinblue! He started his channel and grew it organically, testing cars, attending events, and throwing wrenches. Now he's building a swapped 240SX, and has a blown Mustang GT to show for it. He's a good guy, puts out cool content, and has some great reasons why wrenching is not as easy as internet commenters make it sound.
We're joined by Sam (@SeenThruGlass) the man behind the Seen Through Glass YouTube channel. Sam shares a bit about his extended stay here in the states, what it's like producing a YouTube channel from the UK among myriad other topics.
Two of our favorite guests, Jonny Lieberman and Carlos Lago of MOTOR TREND, show up in the most 'Murica vehicles ever and create one of the funniest episodes yet. Topics include super cars, new Ferraris, selling Matt's Corvette (gasp), Carlos selling his 240 (bad idea), and how to gamble with Whiskey.
Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez joins us as he maks a quick trip to visit California from his new home state and Americas answer to the question "just how bad can things get?"; Florida. (Note: I lived there for 8 years)
Today on the podcast, Road Kill Editor Elana Scherr! She earned her stripes writing for HOT ROD, and now heads up the new entity that has become famous for totally bonkers car construction. She has more cars than you do butter knives, some of which work. We're excited for her new position, as Road Kill preachers the gospel of building fun.
Also discussed are suspicious neighbors, class car trends, Zack broke his own rule of German car ownership and bought a 2002 BMW M3, Matt goes to Mountune, and someone bought a dump truck.
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Aaron Robinson, Senior Editor at Car and Driver, returns! He who battles Lamborghinis, talks to us about getting his pilots license, what to do when your radio fails, how long a vintage Lambo will run for, and Matt got the Focus RS down to Mountune for some impressive power upgrades..
This week we're joined by Venice local by way of the UK; Mr. Tony Rackley (aka Ferrari Tony). Tony has lived one hell of a life and shares stories of emergency panamanian boat repairs, partying on the Sunset Strip, sailing with Sex Pistols and his love for early british punk.
Its been a while but we're once again joined by Doug "The Bane of CarMax" DeMuro. Doug arrives in the splendor of a Hyundai Tucson and regails is with tails of touring this great nation in his Aston Martin Vantage, being hassled by "the man" with head in parking rules and speeding tickets of wich can be paid with alarming immediacy. In addition Matt shares his experience at The Grand Tour and we all share stories of over-eager fans.
Tom Morningstar Co-founded The Smoking Tire, shooter and editor (with others) of APEX: Story of the Hypercar, and producer of TUNED, returns! Also, Nino Cutraro releases a rap album that he produced in Matt's basement. A very good one. No, really.
This week we're once again joined by Carlos Lago. Calos shares his thoughts on the Focus RS, GT350R, Camaro SS 1LE and the McLaren 570s. Matt's Mustang project has incurred yet another setback in the form of a broken distributor but that pain was slightly alleviated by getting to spend some quality time with John Bothwell and one of his insane Pur Sang Bugatti tributes. Additionally Matt and Carlos share their experience at the 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise.
Fresh back from Burning Man Zack shares his stories from The Playa. Jonathon Klein joins us once again to share his story of a Tesla Model S atop Mt. Baldy. Finally we cover the tuner car shootout that Matt and Zack just wrapped up with the rest of the /Drive crew.
This week we're joined by a man that has proven very popular in the gaming scene on YouTube Jay of JayzTwoCents. Jay reviews all manner of high-end gaming hardware in the PC world but as many of his fans already know he's really big into the automotive scene as well. Jay rolled up in his highly modified Nissan 370z and shares his love of track days and diving into the technical details of fine tuning a car for track and canyon duty. In addition we cover how Jay built his YouTube presence the differences between covering tech and automotive and we learn a little bit about Jay's old projects.
This week we're joined by old friend and TST alumni George "Motoman" Notaras. George shares his extensive travel log, his lust for a 427 C3 Corvette and his take on the new 718 Porsche Boxter and Cayman.
This week Matt, Zack and I catch up on compound turbocharged McLarens, Huracans, wildfires and Jonathan Ward's new Icon Caprice. In the second half of the show Zack sits down with pro driver and /Drive contributor TJ Fry. Additionally we cover the Caterham 420r, British sheep and Matt says goodbye to the Focus RS.
AJ Gordon (formerly of The Petersen Automotive Museum) and Chris Fussner of MotorHistory.com join us to talk about how to buy a great cheap Porsche, AJ's future in vans, new BMWs, off-roading badly, the "under-appreciated" Honda Del Sol and tons more.
On this episode we are joined by Paul Schmucker and Todd Deeken of Everyday Driver. These two are the most underrated team in automotive media, putting out excellent video reviews, and even two feature films.
We discussed Ford Focus RS vs The World, how to go to the Nurburgring, which race track we would choose (if we could only drive one), the secrets roads of Utah, and a lot more.
Fresh back from /Drive shoots Matt and Zack share what they can about that trip. Luckily that includes a review of the new Bentley Bentayaga and some quality time in a little car known as the BMW M1. From there we compare notes on closed-cell memory foam mattresses, rentall car bait-and-switch tactics, how Audi buyers don't care about emissions and the utter shit of Nissan CVTs. Halfway through Patrick Stevenson of Motor Affair stops by with a painting of Matt's former DeLorean and we dive into the world of BMW.
The masked man, Carlos Lago, is back! He's returned I work at Motor Trend, and we celebrated his newly regained freedom of speech. GT350 or M2? Caymans, 240s, Camaro SSss, and more.
Dieter Heinz Kijora of HG Motorsports joins us along with Patrick Stevenson. We do our usual thing but along the way Dieter shares the impressively deep background his family has in Souther California motoring history, also we learn how Matt ended up in a sling several years ago.
This week we're joined by Larry Chen (@driftfotos) of Speedhunters and friend of the show Spike Feresten (@spikeferesten) of Car Matchmaker. This week we talk about Larry's experience traveling to the Gatebil festivil in Norway. Spike and Larry predictably dote upon Porsche, Spike tells us about throwing out the first pitch at Dodger stadium. We learn all about Tommy Lasorda's testicles and Larry gives us a lot of insight into RWB.
Once again we're joined by Tony Quiroga of Car And Driver. This week we cover the Fiata, fuel economy tests betwen a Hellcat, Ferrari F12 and a Sequoia, how best to avoid tickets if you happen to be a journalist, obscure japanese micro cars and the mythical Porsche F1 engines.
This week Andrew Collins (@andr3wcollins) from Jalopnik joins us as Bring A Trailer auctions off Matt's DeLorean while we record the podcast. Additionally we review the new all-turbo non-turbo 911 lineup, Andrew shares his desert racing experience and his recent trip to Pikes Peak.
Coming directly from E3 Dan Greenawalt of Turn 10 studios swings by to share the details on Forza Horizon 3.
This week Matt bids a farewell to his R32 Skyline, we deride picky DeLorean owners as Matt's car goes up on Bring a Trailer, discuss Top Gear and review the base 997.2 Porsche Carrera.
This week Larry Webster of Hagerty joins us to talk Pebble Beach, racing and 911s. Larry starts off with tails of an E46 procrastination special, shares his story of moving from engineering to journalism and recounts a fairly epic day on Tail of the Dragon. Additionally Matt is seriously considering selling the DeLorean and we talk about the Exocet Miata conversion.
Travis Okulski (@tokulski) of Road and Track joins us as he makes his way through California in a glorious new Aston Martin. Matt prepares for a possible sale of his Skyline and Delorean whilst Zack and myself hurl quips of varying efficacy into the mix as usual.
Gracing us with his presence once again, regular guest and Motor Trend ambassador Jonny Lieberman joins us on mic. This week Jonny shares his thoughs on the R8 V10+, the 488 GTB is lavished with praise, the oppulence of the Lagonda Taraf is conveyed and once again Jonny sings praise of his beloved G65 AMG.
This week we're joined by Joe Walser the man behind the restoration of the Time Machine (DeLorean) from Back to the Future. Matt fully indulges in the most obscure details of Joe's adventure in restoring the movie car. Joe also gives us a crash course on the multitude of supply houses used for prop creation that helped out with the restoration effort.
We're joined once again by everybody's favorite fabricator, off-road racing, world speed record holder Jessi Combs. Jessi shares her tales of Baja, King of Hammers and some details about I Am The Real Deal a coalition of women in automotive and industrial businesses that encourage women to pursue their love of industrial and automotive jobs and interests.
Jonathan Ward of Icon joins us once again; this time in the newly built Chevy Thrifmaster Derelict. We of course talk about what is cooking at Icon these days but Jonathan also fills us in on his current time at the Art Center College of Design and the finer details in Koenigsegg and Pagani carbon work. In addition Matt reviews the Superformance GT40 the Luftgekühlt Porsche event is discussed and Jonathan promotes the Cars and Casino night for the Go Campaign.
Our old friend Aaron Gold joins us once again, this time we almost sort-of get on the topic of the automotive industry. In the mean time, Aaron shares stories from when he worked for Gale Banks, the difference between and exhaust brake and jake brake, the finer points of horse ownership, how Android is snooping on our conversations, Matt's mother's minor obsession with writing instruction manuals, and of course knock-off GoPros.
Our old friend Vinny Russo now of Maserati stops by for a rare afternoon podcast. Matt gives us his take on the new 718 Boxster after a trip to Portugal with Porsche, Vinny dishes out info on the new Maserati Levante crossover, we lust over Buick Rivieras, Thad mispronounces milk and we debate if given the chance would be buy our first cars over again.
Joining us this week is Jason Fenske (@JasonFenske13) but you guys know him best as the guy on Engineering Explained on YouTube. Jason gives us his background story, we discuss the growth of the channel and he of course schools us all on a couple topics. Additionally we cover... go carts, vehicle weight, Portland, podcasts vs. video content, twin scroll turbos, driving a manual and fork lifts.
No it's not. However we do have Andrew Collins (@andr3wcollins) and Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez (@APiDAOnline) -both of Jalopnik- in the studio this week after their Easter Jeep Safari adventure. We cover the 2016 Wrangler Willys Wheeler they used in Moab, enduro cross, Matt compares the Honda Pilot and the Acura MDX, reminiscing of cheap Vegas adventures happens, Peking to Paris is explored and finally Freddy gives Zack advice on modifying used E36s and IS300s and the pitfalls that ensues.
Returning from the forbidden zone; Carlso Lago (@CarlosLago) joins us alongside Joe Carioti (@JoeQCar) of ShoutEngine and Just Cool Enough. Matt and Zack spent some quality time with the new GT350R, BMW M2, Cayman GT4, CTS-V, ATS-V and F-Type R. Opinions are of course shared, we also discuss the merits of the 240SX, how great the new Honda Civic is and we bow to the rolling throne of madness that is the McLaren 675LT.
Taking a break from drop-bears, home built rally cars, and rogue Darbys this week we're joined by Andrew Lamb and Caswal Parker of Camshaft Sofware the company behind Automation. If your memory is up to snuff you may remember these guys from the New Zealand adventures last year; this time they're stateside and heading to GDC in San Francisco. In addition we're joined by Thad fresh off a flight from the UAE where he has been working for the last month.
What do you do after you've done countless road rallies and ran a successful exotic car rental company? You do crazy things in cheap beater cars. That's what our friend, Rob Ferretti, does. We couldn't believe the quality of cars he bought, and what he did to them in Florida. Wow.
Dan Neil (Wall Street Journal, "The Car Show") and Alex Roy ( Record holder, author, and editor-at-large of The/DRIVE) sit down to have a very frank discussion about how to make a movie about the Cannonball Run.
Bill Caswell returns! The man who built turned $500 car into a WRC legend, and lives a life that fits his website (Buildraceparty.com), tells stories of sleeping in a car at the Monaco Grand Prix, how to sneak into F1 races, and what the Focus RS was like to drift.
We are once again joined by our good friend Betim Berisha of BBI Autosport, to talk Porsches, Mustangs, and crashing cars. Betim shares his knowledge on building large displacement Porsches, the ridiculous value proposition of a used 996 and some nearly unbelievable speeds he has achived in runway cars.
This week Matt Farah, Zack Klapman and Chris Hayes catch up on the news and press cars. Notably we discuss Matt LeBlanc joining the Top Gear cast, Matt and Zack share their experience with the ATS-V Coupe, and we talk about what dictates a V6 exhaust note. Additionally Matt dynos the Mustang, takes a G500 off road and spends some time in a Porsche 928.
This week we're joined by former BBC Top Gear Sript Wizard (Supervisor) Richard Porter (@SniffPetrol)! His new book, And On That Bombshell, chronicles his 13 years working on Top Gear. We tell him about Californian methamphetamime production, and he tells us all about how Top Gear was made, including Richard Hammond's skills at entering strip clubs.
We talk Volvo wagons, respiratorily challenged felines, drift school, Focus RS and a myriad of repairs while Thad is mid-flight to Dubai.
Naoki Kobayashi of Drift 101 join us this week alongside our friend Jason Connor (@TerminatorConn) from Hooniverse + Cammed & Tubbed. Naoki is an instructor at Drift 101 and shares his insights in teaching people to drift and the wide array of students they work with.
This week we're closing out 2015 with comedian and proprietor of http://www.racingjunk.com/ Ralph Guerra (@RalphComedy). Ralph arrives in his newly purchased Taurus SHO, we talk a bit about RacingJunk, cover Netflix binging on Making a Murderer, Matt gets the Mustang back from its latest round of repairs, I give up a little info on what the Mosler Twinstar was actually like and Ralph shares stories about doing bad standup in strip clubs.
This week we're joined by Nick from VF Engineering makers of absolutely silly supercharger kits. You should be familiar with their work as we've released videos on a few of their cars over the years. However Matt just got some hands on time with their supercharged Huracan kit and it's more-or-less b@tshit insane. In addition we hit on a bunch of supercharger tech, Nick fills us in on some of their other product offerings and we answer listener questions.
... and yes we talk about the giant log that was being dragged with reckless abandone behind a pickup
Returning to the podcast Jonny Lieberman (@mt_loverman) of Motor Trend joins us. This week we have the great G-Wagon debate of 2015 over the Mercedes G63 AMG, Jonny attends the Audi A4 launch, Matt reviews the new turbocharged Ferrari California and VF Engineering Supercharged Lamborghini Huracan, Jonny relays his love for the 2016 Camaro SS and we all wax poetically on California canyons and how not to drive an Lexus RC-F in them.
In what is hands down the biggest episode of the podcast ever we're joined by many of our friends to celebrate 4 years of work and 200 published episodes.
Mike Spinelli is back in California for the Aston Martin full-line drive and he graces us with his presence on the podcast yet again. Matt returned home to find his Vanquish with a new transmission, we swap stories from the premier of Apex and we give a quick review of "And On That Bombshell".
This week; long time friends of the show Paul and Todd of Everyday Driver join us once again. Matt decied it was a good idea to take a G63 AMG out on the track at Buttonwillow to see if he could somehow invent a new kind of understeer, Todd took the LS400 out to Miller Motorsports park, I curse a shitty Uber ripoff, Randy Pobst knows how to tune suspension and interior designers do their best research upon the commode.
This week we bring you an onslaught of automotive industry asshattery, with too many damned people in the room. We're joined by Mike Spinelli, Travis Okulski, Brendan McAleer and Austin Cabot. Mike gives us his take on on the Porsche GT3 RS as well as an overview of the soundtrack to Dante's Peak, Stevee Nicks encounters and a young boy's take on Burt Monroe. Travis gives us some insight into the Ferrari F12 TDF as well as his take on unnecessarily ostentatious german press tours. Whilst Brendan and Austin take a far more measured approach jabbing with the occassional one-liner or groan inducing pun as we power our way through two power outages mid show.
Fresh back from SEMA Jonathon Klein (@jonathon_klein) and I give the guys our take on the 2015 show, Matt gives us his take on the new Miata, Jeff Glucker leaves us with his impressions of the 2016 Camaro SS and Matt buys a Skyline. Additionally we cover recumbant bicycles, the Yamaha concept, bolt on flares, a quick take on the Huracan and leasing rims.
This week Matt reviews the Cobb Ecoboost Mustang as well as their 911 Turbo, Zack returns with stories of Mexico city and I brace myself for the horrors of SEMA.
I'd write a longer description however I'm posting this from SEMA and my motivation for anything beyond sleep right now is absolutely nil.
Recording on Back to the Future Day Matt arrives somewhat annoyed at the prevelance of commentary on his DeLorean. Matt's annoyance is tempered with a recent to the FIRM rally school in Florida where the guys all got turns to abuse some of their finest rally vehicles, a Miata and strangely enough a Tahoe. In addition to rallying Matt brings tales of runway racing from Shift Sector, we discuss hydraulic handbrakes, the new McLaren 570s and the new NSX.
The million mile LS400 has its first major failure, Matt covets 2 stroke mopeds and an R33 Skyline, a 740 Horsepower Golf is launched, Zack goes offroading in an E30 w/ Musto and Thad and I dread an upcoming Vegas trip.
This week your ears will be assaulted with a cacaphony of grunts, chode jokes and literary references as we welcome back our friends Mr. Regular and The Roman of Regular Car Reviews (@RegularCars). On the final evening of the Pacific Fister tour the guys drop by and we catch up on the trip, life as a burgeoning internet celebrities and project cars. In addition we cover the tragic loss of the LS400s transmission, Nino's Vine account, first class bathrooms, vape pens and how Portland has become a parody of itself.
This week Matt and I sit down and attempt to escape our hectic schedules and catch up a bit. Matt got some seat time in a GT350 he also had a Lexus RC F (which we've both become big fans of) I've been hacking away at Ford Sync 3, and I may have uncovered what looks to be a proper dual clutch for the C7 manufactured by Tremec.
This week we're joined by JF Musial (@JFMusial) and we're recording on my backup analog rig. Matt reviews the Rezvani Beast, we talk about the VW diesel scandal, we cover the ATS-V, the impending rise of Volvo is foretold, Matt orders his Focus RS and I review the Logitech G920 wheel for XBox.
This week we're once again joined by Jonathon Klein (@Jonathon_Klein) of Boldride.co as Matt and Thad return with stories from the latest /Drive shoot in Japan. Matt got to spend some quality time with both R34 and R35 GTRs shortly before he and Thad were barred from entering Japanese bars on account of Tattoos, Jonathon waxes poetically about the Morgan 3 wheeler, we talk a bit about All Cars Go To Heaven 2, the new Miata is discussed and we work tubas and slide whistles into the mix as well.
It's Forza 6 launch day and the the guys are back from Texas. This week Matt and I attended the Hoonigan Donut Shop opening day, we ponder the differences between ginger based beverages, Matt drives the Sector 111 Drakan, an ATS-V is discussed, Zack entertains with stories of Burning Man, i finished the Fiesta ST build, and Matt reviews the BMW i3.
Thad, Matt and I sit down prior to their departure to film the season finalé for /Drive. Matt and I give updates on the Mustand and Fiesta projects respectively, we discuss suspenion at length touching on the merits of magnetic ride control vs. coilovers, the ATS-V and C63 are seriously impressive machines so much so that they're nipping at the heels of the Ferrari 458 and 911 GT3 and there are bargain bin Aston Martins up for the taking. Additionally I give my first impressions of Forza 6 and we answer listener questions.
This week we're joined by "BarkM" (@BarkM302) of The Truth about Cars and our own Jeff Glucker (@JGlucker) of Hooniverse and Beer Snob. With a full 60% of the people on the podcast this week owning Fiesta STs we of course cover the virtues of these diminuitive giants. Thad hustled his Fiesta up the Virginia City Hillclimb, I completed the upgrades on my car courtesy of Mountune, Powerflex, MagnaFlow and Pierce Motorsports and "BarkM" tells us why his Boss 302 doesn't get much use. Matt fresh back from Detroit is under embargo however he returns with stories of general lawlessness updates on the Mustang and a brief comparison between the Hellcat and CTS-V. In addition "BarkM" reviews the 2015 911 GT3 (991) and we look back once again at investment opportunities missed from the early 90s.,
This week Matt, Bill and I talk Audis, Evos, Mustangs and one-takes. In addition we cover a supercharged Civic Si, building a yurt for Burning Man, the GT350 launch, and discuss open vs closed cockpit cars in the wake of Justin Wilson's untimely death.
This week we're joined once again by automotive industry legend Gale Banks (Facebook) founder of Banks Power. As is usually the case, we take a trip through Gale's storied past this time delving into kiwi jet boat racing, coyote panthers, radio controlled lawnmowers, Burt Monroe's sex life, Freightliners and top fuel drag cars. In addition we discuss the current maladies involving the Z06 overheating issues.
This week Matt and I sit down to catch up on the news, swap stories and meander through conversation. We talk about the endless stream of men that resemble Matt, updates on my Corvette "GT3" project, C7 Z06 overheating, Carplay & Android Auto integration, Matt's trepidation in daily driving a Focus RS, Lexus IS & RC lineup, the new 2016 Cadillact CTS-V and how it stacks up against ze Germans, rising Skyline R32 prices, my adventures in carbon fiber and the Top Gear crew's move to Amazon.
This week our good friends and co-conspirators from the /Drive network Mike Musto (@MDMusto) and Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) join us to catch up and cover all the usual subject matter. This week filming was thwarted by a park ranger, Nino buys a Cyboard, society collapses in a small Nevada town and we compare the Dinan M4 to its natural competition in the form of the F-Type R and AMG GT.
This week Matt and I are joined in the studio once again by friend of TST Rick Radcliffe. We start off with an off topic conversation on watches specifically Matt's new GuardsRed watch and my new Apple Watch. From there we cover Rick's cross country trip in the million mile Lexus and its likely former life as a roaming Floridian bass and ecstasy dispensary. From there all three of us discuss the various states of disuse and/or repair of our Corvettes and we wrap up with Matt's review of the Dinan BMW M4 and the 034 Motorsport TT RS.
After many weeks of travel everybody is back in the studio for a regular podcast. This week Matt shares his take on the Mercedes GLE63, we discuss the harsh realities of canabalism, an RX300 is freed from its confines, Confederate flags are everywhere, Thad forgets about Ivy league acceptance and we debate the merits of Lamborghini SUVs.
Once again the guys have sent me another remote recording from a hotel for editing and ultimatale your listening pleasure. This time they're talking with Tony and Scott of Rally North America. Up first is a brief discussion on why Cobras and Slingshots are a bad choice for a rally, followed thereafter by mild offroading in a Corvette, the proliferation of the Confederate flag, a wavering Alfa Romeo 4C and of course the charity behind Rally North America; Hope for the Warriors.
Once again on the road; the guys are recording from the reclusive Farah complex somewhere along the northeastern seaboard and are joined by /Drive presenter, mascot, bishop and midwife Mr. Mike Spinelli. This week the finer points of improvised defecation are covered as is an in depth review of the Cadillac ATS-V, a visit to NASA, adulation for Goodwood, the 4th of July and the Rolls Royce Phantom EV.
This podcast was recorded at the end of the All Cars Go To Heaven 2 adventure. The guys try to recap the experience without giving too much away before the film is edited and released.
This week the guys are in Phoenix preparing to embark on the adventure that will become All Cars Go To Heaven 2. A day of wandering through the blistering Phoenix heat was spent finding cars for the trip. In addition to the beater cars. In addition John Bothwell of PurSang will be joining the guys in his Model T and they discuss the mods necessary for it to survive this trip.
This week Matt and I made our way north to Adam Carolla's studios in Burbank for a Forza Motorsport 6 preview with some hands-on time with the new game. We sit down with friend of the show Dan Greenawalt (creative director of Turn 10 studios) and talk about the new game and as a bonus Carcast's own Matt D'Andria joins us for the discussion. In addition to Forza 6 we've got a fresh clip of the new Mustang GT350R that gives a much better impression of the final product and we get face time with the Focus RS and new Ford GT.
DSMs... one of the big cars of the early 2000s import scene, Matt finds out what it's like to drive one that has been built very well. In addition we talk about tackling projects without a proper budget, automatic seatbelts, middle men, mexican interior work, fuel filters the new Ford GT and Larry Kosilla's ever evolving 964.
Oh... and Matt's Mustang is done.
This week we talk about the Grid Life Music & Motorsports festival that Matt MC'd over the weekend while reviewing the new BMW M235i and a 2015 Hennessey Supercharged Mustang GT. Otherwise it's all the usual BS with the occassional piece of useful information peppered throughout.
This week Jeff Glucker (@jglucker) of Hooniverse joins us again as we recap the TST world tour. Matt has just returned from a trip to Monaco to watch the grand prix with his father, Jeff gives us the gift of ridiculous Nurburgring stories, we discuss the Corvette factory in Bowling Green Kentucky, the new Z06, the general debacle that was the Camaro launch event and some quality time was spent with Jaguar and Range Rover in their newest F Type and Sport variants.
This week we're joined by Tim Whitcome, a long-time friend and occassional contributor to the efforts at TST. Matt and Tim discuss "Speed Secrets" a pre-pilot show that brought Matt to LA for the first time. We review the Golf R and WRX STi while comparing them to the impending Focus RS. Additionally Matt got some seat time in Magnacharger's supercharged C7 Corvette and we talk Carplay radios.
We've got an old friend in the studio this week one Craig Lieberman (@CraigLieberman). Craig is one of the unsung heroes of the Fast and Furious franchise, he tells the story of how he went from car geek to consultant on what is now one of the largest film franchises ever. Paul Walker's Supra in the fast and furious was quite literally Craig's car that was leased to the studio for the film and his Skyline was one of the hero cars from Fast and Furious 2.
This week we're joined by AJ Gordon of The Petersen Automotive Museum and the Car Stories podcast. AJ came by to inform our audience that The Petersen is doing a little fundraising to help restore their 1948 Davis Divan via IndieGogo. An admittedly strange car but nonetheless and important part of Los Angeles' history. Matt is fresh back from announcing half mile runway racing and he left half of his vocal chords on the track; while I'm down for the count this week with laryngitis. In addition we cover importing Japenese classics, the 2015 Subary WRX STi, the possibility of a revamped Honda CRZ and a somewhat surprising comparison of the C6 Z06 vs the C7 Z06.
Recorded on many people's favorite holiday; Patriot's Day (April 20th) we sat down at the podcast table for the first time in a couple weeks. Matt is fresh back from Germany on the /Drive NBC shoot. While there he got some hands on time with the Mercedes C63 S and he has tails from general insanity at Bilderberg and the Nurburgring. Halfway through recording Jeff Glucker from Hooniverse joins us at the table and we discuss the Audi S3 vs Golf R and how they may stack up against the Focus RS.
This week we're joined by our friend Rick Radcliffe a man with much patience (auto-shop teacher). Rick arrived in his newly purchased C5 ZO6 and we meander through various subject matter as usual. However Rick didn't swing by just to bullshit, he wanted us to help grade his student's Top Gear Challenge assignments.
This week we're joined by Bodie Stroud (@BodieStroud) founder and namesake of the well known hot rod shop BS Industries. Bodie has been in the business a long time and shares his experience in running a high-end shop, working with client's, and managing projects while maintaining an artistic influence to expensive fabrication projects. We talk suspension, welding, CNC and all the things you'd expect but we also touch on drunk gaming, SEMA, bro-trucks, Fast and Furious 7 and even a bizarre pizza fetish.
This week we're joined by ben from KombiLife.com (@HastaAlaska). Ben hales from the Isle of Jersey and has set out on a journey to travel from Chile to Alaska in a Volkswagen Bus (aka Kombi). Ben did not disappoint with tales of his long journey and the road ahead in what has become an exceptional story.
This week Matt, Zack and myself catch up in studio on what we've been up to and ramble through whatever else comes to mind. Zack went drifting in his Crown Vic at Sonoma Raceway, we discuss the merits of full EV cars vs hybrids, Matt flogged a highly modified Saab 900 Turbo and updated on his Mustang and I installed a new Magnaflow catback on my Fiesta ST.
This week we welcome Richard Waitas of Magnaflow exhaust. Richard has an extensive background in engineering and worked his way up through the Magnaflow organization. With a lot of fabrication, development, testing and design time under his belt Richard debunked a lot of the myths behind exhaust designs. In addition we cover some concepts in tuning air fuel mixes, usage of nitrous oxide and Richard's mobile workshop. Meanwhile Matt gives us an update on his Mustang, we talk a little about the new Focus RS, my Fiesta ST and a multitude of other topics.
This week we're joined by John Bothwell Commercial Director of Pur Sang Automotive of Argentina. Pur Sang builds what are referred to as "continuation cars" which basically amount to exact recreations of classic cars built entirely by hand. Some might dismiss Pur Sangs Bugattis as kit cars but you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between an original factory Bugatti and a Pur Sang continuation built in exactly the same manner as the original. We spend a lot of time talking classic Bugattis, middle-eastern extravagance, manufacturing and the quirks of doing business in Argentina.
This week we're talking with comedian and noted podcaster Eddie Ifft (@eddieifft). We cover what is and is not appropriate behavior in middle-eastern monarchies, partying with $50 hookers, commandeering boats, the emergence of standup in the east, middle eastern toilets, sketchy amusement parks (Action Park) taxidermy and of course Eddie's new mobile podcast studio built in a short bus.
This week we're joined by Amy Lerner (@TeamLerner) driver for the Team Lerner Racing an off-road/adventure team. Amy (a chronic over-achiever) has jumped from wallstreet, to being a full-time mom only to end up as a prominent offroad driver in the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles. Amy tells the tale of how she went from dipping her toes into off-roading to becoming a staple in her series' of choice.
Rain drifting, weird speed limits, no cops, and a ride in something too fast for the WRC. This is the podcast from TST's New Zealand Adventure. The Smoking Tire podcasts on the last night of their New Zealand trip. Our guests are Andrew Lamb and Caswal Parker, the founders of the game Automation, which lets you design cars and engines and then test them on the track and on the market. They thought TST should see what cars Kiwis make, so they paid our airfare and brought us to the island of GT-Rs, cheap Evos, and incredible DIY race cars, to show us why this country's car culture could be the best.
This week Matt and I are joined by Andrew Johnson co-founder of Wheelwell a new social networking site tailored to the automotive community. We of course talk about Wheelwell and how it serves the community vs. forums and older sites like CarDomain but we also cover his track prepped C5 Vette, Pfadt and LG suspension parts, IRS Foxbodyies, the new Ford GT, bargain bin 996 Porsches, the maladies of selling minivans and I share my thoughts on the 2015 Ford F150 Ecoboost.
This week we're joined in studio by Spike Feresten (@SpikeFeresten) host of Car Matchmaker on Esquire. We cover Spike's deep love of Porsches, his time working with Jerry Seinfeld and cheating at gokart racing with David Letterman for the Late Show Team. In addition we talk Pebble Beach, the spite of Ferrari, Barn Finds and Matt cracks the wheels on his Corvette for a 3rd time.
This week we're joined by Brandon McAleer (@brendan_mcaleer) of Canda, Road & Track, TTaC as well as some BBC stuff alongside his compatriot one Mr. Jack Baruth (@JackBaruth) also of Road & Track, TTaC. This week we discuss the US Nissan Skyline market, Jack tells us about his time in a McLaren racecar and their 650S, we talk Detroit Auto Show, Ford GT, ATS-V, CTS-V, Boss 302 vs GT350, C7 vs C6 ZO6 and why a 996 track car makes very little sense. Also Matt got a moving violation on his bicycle.
This week we're joined by Travis Okulski (@tokulski) Editor at Jalopnik along with Jeff Glucker (@JGlucker) co-founder of Hooniverse. Travis is in town for the Corvette Z06 launch and Jeff... well he was just killing time after recording a Hooniverse Podcast. With Travis' impending time in the Z06 we of course discuss that and the potential of its new 8 speed automatic. But we also touch on Top Gear, launching an M4 via a 5" curb, many bad Bob Dylan jokes, an update on Matt's Lexus LS400 and Nino's new status as a Vine celebrity.
Recorded just prior to Christmas Matt is back from a cross country drive with his girlfriend the proud owner of a Lexus LS400 nearing 900,000 miles. Zack in the mean-time has taken up quad-copter camera duty while Thad has resorted to filling his Fiesta with race gas to make obscene power and I didn't do a damned thing other than work and make cookies. This week we had a Mustang Ecoboost in and we discuss that along with our usual mix of barely socially responsible nonsense.
This week Paul and Todd of Everyday Driver (YouTube | Podcast) drop by to talk about their new film Mid-Engines and Mountains. The new film highlights the fun and differences found in driving an Alfa 4C, Porsche Cayman and Lotus Elise through... well mountains. In addition the guys rolled in with a brand new Charger Hellcat and the new holy grail of track-rats the Camaro Z28. This week Matt has the new Jaguar F-Type R (coupe) we discuss the Ferrari option debacle and we talk about the merits of gold in a carbon weave.
This week we're joined by John Spar founder of Replay XD Cameras as well as our good friend Mike Musto (@MDMusto). We knew that John was responsible for developing some seriously impressive camera hardware at Replay what we didn't know was that his father was one of the founders of B&M and that he grew up at the height of drag racing in the San Fernando Valley. John shares his stories of racing, fabrication, running several successful businesses and how those endeavors ultimately culminated in the creation of Replay XD Cameras
This week Jonathan Ward founder of Icon joins us. Most people know Icon for the absolutely insane attention to detail in their signature FJs and Broncos. We get the story behind Jonathan's move from life as a working actor into the automotive world. The Icon order backlog is deep and for good reason as Jonathan outlines the great lengths he his wife and their crew go to ultimately producing a product with few equals in quality.
This week TST contributor Jonathon Klein (@Jonathon_Klein) is in town for the LA Auto Show and he joins us for our pre-Thanksgiving episode. Fresh off testing a BMW 1M w/ a V8 we sit down for a discussion that encompasses, Coachella Gypsy Cabs, minivan crash testing, Honda's quality issues, IROC-Z track cars, the uniform mediocrity of most modern V6s, Passat W8s, Jonathon gives us his take on the new Mustang Ecoboost vs GT, we talk about possible Fiesta ST suspension changes, C6 Grand Sport track cars and we cover some of the highlights of the LA Auto Show including...
Fresh off the floor at the LA Auto Show Mike Spinelli (@Mikespin) and Roger Garbow (@RogerGarbow) join us. With the auto show in town we cover a lot of material including, the Mustang GT 350, Cadillac ATS-V, Mercedes AMG GT, Porsche 911 GTS, Jaguar F-Type, we discuss the basics of flat-plan crank V8s, Kia plies journalists with beer, Mullne makes a sad showing, Matt attempts to by a Skyline GT-R and Mike takes suggestions on what he should buy to replace his MR2.
Once again we're joined by Mr. Aaron Gold (@AboutCars). This week Matt reviews the Polaris Slingshot, Aaron tells his about his time working on Top Gear, we talk diesel vs gas engines, Zack and Thad drove Local Motors Drift Trikes and we wrap up with some talk about flight simulators and aeronautics.
Once again the collective that is The Smoking Tire has reconvened after much traveling. Matt returns and regales us with his trip to Mexico, Zack and Thad made their way to northern California to film a Ford Falcon rally car and immediately thereafter Thad drove from Texas to California with Mike Musto in matching Charger and Challenger Hellcats with a brief stint in a Viper. Additionally we get a little nostalgic for Acuras of old, Jaguar reveals their plans for an all wheel drive F-Type R, information starts leaking on the Cadillac ATS-V and we debate engine possibilities for the new Mustang GT350.
Our good friend and partner in podcasting Jeff Glucker (@jglucker) of Hooniverse joins us this week. We talk all about Matt and Jeff's experiences in the Challenger Hellcat in Washington D.C., Matt spent some time in the new Z4 road car immediately followed by track time BMW Z4 GT3 racecar, Matt spent some time with an obscure but great Autozam AZ-1, plus we discuss Jeff's project car "The Wombat" and interesting cars from SEMA 2014.
Our good friend Jonny Lieberman (@mt_loverman) has once again joined us in the TST studio. Jonny is fresh off the MotorTrend Truck of they Year and shares that experience with us. Additionally we review the 2015 BMW M4, we discuss the real possibility of the C8 Corvette offering a mid-engine variant named the Zora, we compare and contrast the 2015 Mustang GT vs. Camaro Z28 while talking GT350 flat-plane engine rumors and Jonny shares his stories of the real-life pitfalls of hydrogen powered cars.
This week we're joined by Joshua Ovenshire (@TheJovenshire) and Matt Raub (@MattRaub) of Smosh Games. Matt met the Smosh crew while in Europe promoting Forza Horizon 2. Among many things we cover YouTube stalkers, video production, pecking order in geek culture, sheep familiarity, Kevin Pollack, building an online audience while Farah and Josh share their love of Magic the Gathering. Additionally we help Josh pick out a new car and Farah recounts his first drunken encounter with Marc Maron.
This Week AJ Gordon of the Peterson Automotive Museum and the Car Stories podcast joins us in studio. We talk about the rennovation of the Peterson museum, gauche behavior at car shows, how jaded automotive media is, Ford GT pricing and whether or not the Hennessey Vemom GT is usable as a canyon carver.
This week we're joined by comedian and tv host Alonzo Bodden (@AlonzoBodden). You probably know Alonzo from Speed's 101 Cars You Must Drive or America's Worst driver along with a reoccuring role on the final season of Californication, but Alonzo didn't swing by to talk about David Duchovny. We get into Alonzo's long list of cars he has owned over the years as well as his collection of motorcycles.
For the first time in a little while we sit down without guests and catch up on what we've been up to. Matt and Thad both had an afternoon with the Alfa Romeo 4C and Challenger Hellcat, Zack bought a Crown Victoria detective car and I continued to produce way too many podcasts. In addition Matt talks about his trip to Europe for the Forza Horizon 2 launch event along with his first impressions of the game and a mini review of the Audi R8 V10+. We also cover the RS5 Cabriolet, disparity in YouTube content production, glory holes (yes again) and how much context can color language for use on televion.
This week Matt D'Andria (@Motorator) cohost of CarCast joins us in studio once again. Both Matts are building late-model fox body Mustangs and we compare the two cars. We talk about the upcoming Paul Newmann documentary (Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newmann) that he has been working on alongside the rest of the Carolla crew. Additionally we cover the Celebrity Stock Car Race at Irwindale that Matt D'Andria will be participatig in, we also talk SEMA, Pebble Beach, celebrity racers and why Jettas smell like crayons.
This week Alan & Patrick from HRE Wheels join us alongside our good friend Mike Musto (@MDMusto). With the HRE boys in house we of course dive deep into the world of aftermarket wheels but we also cover the Monterey Historics, the inflated 911 market, 550 Maranellos and John Frankenheimer's utterly batshit superchaged nitrous-fed Mercedes 560 SEC.
This week Mr. Aaron Gold (@AboutCars) joins us to discuss the Lexus RC F launch. In addition we spend an indordinate amount of time talking about mid-century busses, diesel abominations of the malaise era and why you should drive a 2015 Hyundai Genesis instead of a Dodge Viper.
This week we're joined in studio by fabricator, daredevil and television host Jessi Combs (@TheJessiCombs). You'll probably know Jessi best from Overhaulin', Mythbusters and All Girls Garage but she came in to school us on chasing speed records at Bonneville in turbine powered batshit fueled "cars" that are way faster than anything you've ever driven. In addition we talk a bit about fabrication, her time working with Chip Foose and Chris Jacobs and possibly most impressive of all her win at King of Hammers. All of that plus the usual idiocy you've come to know us for.
This week Gary and Chris from Creations n' Chrome join us. These guys know their Mustangs producing 200+ mph cars, mid-engine Mustangs and all manner of other custom creations. Beyond Chris' obvious mechanical and engineering talents Gary brings some serious knowledge to the table in the world of body work and paint. The n' Chrome part of the business refers to their highly sought after chrome paint applications. Gary and Chris walk us through building SEMA cars, their standing mile experience and most importantly their tips on how to avoid A. being shot by the police and B. contesting tickets.
Legendary pro skater and Subaru pro driver Bucky Lasek (@BuckyLasek) joins us this week. We of course talk about Bucky's impressive career as a pro skater with too many medal finishes to count but we really dig into his current focus in the rally world. Bucky now drives for Subaru and has become a very accomplshed driver steadily climbing the ranks of the rally scene and even stealing the occassional win in other formats. We also get into Bucky's love of Porsches, Zack's run in with Google employees, an alphabet soup of BMWs and Pikes Peak vs Mt. Washington.
This week fellow automotive journalist, chairman of Beer and Beards quarterly, and host of Ignition Jonny Lieberman (@mt_loverman) once again joins us at the podcast table. Matt recounts tales of learning to drive a manual transmission, hot stereos and a teenage butchering of a Subaru Legacy. Meanwhile Jonny bought a new Fiesta ST and shares with us his experience in the Nismo GTR and Challenger Hellcat. In addition we cover news on the Aston Martin Lagonda, Zombie Dust beer and Lamborghini Countach values.
Making our way through the Motortrend & Hot Road staff this week we welcome Elana Scherr (@challengeher) into the studio. Both Elana and Matt had the good fortune to spend a bit of time with the new Dodge Challenger Wildcat and it's genrous helping of 707HP. Elana is a horder of classic vehicles and we discuss her Opel GT, 70 Challenger, 76 Dart and how to write them off as business expenses. Additionally we cover how heroin preserves Mötley Crüe and The Rolling Stones, letters from the DMV and Zack's search for a new daily driver.
Once again Carlos Lago joins us in studio, this time to share his thoughts on the Alfa Romeo 4C. This week we also cover...
Fresh back from touring the US with Rally North America we squeeze in a podcast before Matt and Thad head back to New York for more filming. This week we recap Rally North America, a trip up Pikes Peak, review the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, talk about the newly rumoured flat-plane crank Mustang GT 350, shark attacks on our home beaches while Blake Rong of Autoweek and Hooniverse sits in for the first half of the show.
This week Matt, Thad and Zack check in from the road with Rally North America. The guys meet up with Larry Kosilla in New York and try out his newly modified 964 at Monticello. Comparisons are made between the seedier parts of New York, Philadelphia and Memphis. Racial epithets are used in Ohio, a 1963 Corvette Stringray with an LS1 swap is driven and a glory hole is discovered at a rural rest stop.
With everybody out of town for the 4th of July we're taking this week off.
We'll be back with a new episode next week.
Once again fellow automotive journalist and YouTube jockey extraordinaire Carlos Lago (@CarlosLago) joins us in our new studio. Carlos has been one hell of lucky bastard this year as he comes to us with his thoughts on the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and Porsche 918, the BMW M3/M4 twins as well as his recent trip to drive the Lamborghini Huracán.
Beyond that absolutely ridiculous list of vehicles we talk about Motor Trend Classic, Nitro Circus, print advertising, 240sx motor swaps and vintage Ferraris.
On top of that we review the base model Ford Focus, Thadius has Cobb upgrade his Fiesta ST to their Stage 3 package and Matt shares his stories from officiating the Wanna Go Fast 1/2 mile event in Chicago.
This week Garnett Lee of Garnett on Games and John + Garnett join us to talk E3 and all the new driving games that we got our hands on at the show. This includes of Forza Horizon 2 (of course), The Crew, Drive Club, Gran Turismo 6 and Project Cars. In addition we also got to try out some of the new VR headset tech from Oculus Rift and Sony's Project Morpheus.
Beyond gaming Zack reviews the G37 I mean Infinity Q60 Convertible, we compare the Alfa 4c to the Boxster and we talk used hot hatches.
This week we bring you more of the usual car news while we opine and deliver stories you wouldn't be comfortable sharing with your aunt.
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This week we take a bit more of a relaxed approach to podcasting couchside at Chris' house. We dicscuss the reviews of All Cars Go To Heaven, filming with Joe Rogan and his Sharkwerks 911 GT3, Ferrari's moves into turbocharging, Aston Martin's engine collaboration with Mercedes, the basics of Bitcoins, Rally North American, legalized marijuana, and Zack revies the new Volkswagen GTI.
Back in August of 2013 we recorded a podcast immediately upon returning from filming All Cars Go To Heaven. This podcast is very much the companion piece to the film as Thad, Matt and Zack recount the trip to Nino and myself.
The trip was hatched from the ill depths of Thadius' mind and features an unreleased (at the time) Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited along with a genuine shitbox of a vehicle crossing Mt. Rainier, Mt. Hood and Mt. Saint Helens in the depths of Washington state.
Just back from Europe (Zack quite literally) we discuss the announcement of /Drive's move to NBC Sports and the resulting stories while filming alongside our good friend Jeff Glucker. While in Europe Matt and Zack spent some quality time with the Mercedes SLS Black, McLaren 650s and Ferrari F12 Berlinetta on their way to Monaco. Beyond the European excursion we touch upon listener questions and meander through various bits of news.
This week Mr. Regular and The Roman of Regular Car Reviews join us for an unholy cacaphony of grunting, dick jokes and the occassional mention of a car. Our guests arrive dressed in their finest as we talk about everybody's new favorite tv show Glasgow Today, the New York International Auto Show, the adventures of the Downsyndrome Knight, angry Jalopnik Commenters and of course the massively successful Fund Anything campaign that brought Regular Car Reviews to Los Angeles.
Once again the dynamic duo of Aaron Robinson (Car & Driver) and Dan Neil (@DanNeilWSJ) join us for a round of podcasting. Dan is fresh off of a BMW i8 press event and gives us his take on the i8 and i3. Aaron gives us a report on his long term Jaguar F-Type and later in the show we play a rousing game of "Guess the Horsepower". We also touch upon a multitude of other topics as can be found below.
This week George "Motoman" Notaras joins us for the cavalcade of general insensitivity wrapped in the guise of automotive journalism we call our podcast. We spent some quality time with Dinan BMW 1 Series M along with the new 2014 Subaru WRX. We compare said WRX to Thad's modified Fiesta ST and follow it up with a little talk about the street racing scene in Compton. While in Compton Zack and Thad were likely filmed by the new drone overlords of the LA Count Sheriff's Department. All that and a little insight into the fraternity life of those that partook.
This week we are joined by famed Panamanian fixer from our travels to the land great canals; Joel Bolanos. Joel gives us the run-down on his famed Suzuki Samurai with a Sidekick motor swap, we take delivery of a BMW 1M from Dinan alongside the new Subaru WRX while discussing the car culture in Panama. Thad and Zack spend some quality time with the new Porsche 911 Turbo S, we share some not-so-kind words regarding the dilution of the C7 Z06 and Matt almost drives the new Camaro Z28.
This week Vinny Russo (of Lamborghini USA) and Rob Ferretti (of Gotham Dream cars and Super Speeders) join us to wax poetic on all the usual bullshit while Vinny teaches us to pronounce Huracán . We touch upon the provenance of McLaren in the world of supercars along with the logistics of maintaining high dollar vehicles. Zack, Thad and Myself visit Exotics Racing to try out the new 991 Porsche 911 Turbo S, Nissan GTR and Ferrari 458 on their southern California track at AutoClub Speedway.
This week we bring you our perspective on the 2014 SRT10 Viper alongside the Ring Brothers 1971 Pantera. Thad's Fiesta ST gets another round of upgrades (stage 2) from our friends at Cobb Tuning. Additionally Zack and Thad recount their experience at Laguna Seca driving a wide variety of cars including the BMW M235i, WRX STi, Volvo XC60, Mercedes E63 AMG, Jeep SRT8 and the new S Class.
This week we round up the 3 finest detailers in North America to hone the finish on.... a Fox Body Notchback with incredibly shitty paint. We brought nuclear warheads to a knife fight, but sometimes that's just how we do things. Jason Rose (Meguiars), Kevin Brown (Buff Daddy.com) and of course our very own Larry Kosilla (AMMO NYC) dive deep into the world of detailing. This episode represents a commitment to cleaning and presentation that would make your mother proud. Although we still discourage sharing these shows with your mom. All that plus the detail masters answer listener questions.
This week we bring you a podcast rife with detours that include ayahuasca, AirBnB, gonorrhea, our Forza 5 online event and of course the usual car news and reviews.
Once again our friend Carlos Lago of Motor Trend joins us for an extended podcast. Carlos recently tested both the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 so of course we cover that, but we also review the XKR-S GT, the Cadillac ELR and its stablemate the CTS V-Sport. In addition to the reviews we touch on meat based furniture and clothing, Grand Theft Auto 5, stupid tweeting cars, Zack's recently acquired tickets and how Chris suggests he evades them.
This week our good friends from Car and Driver Aaron Robinson and Tony Quiroga stop by to regale us with tales of unfettered access and actual production budgets. The topics are many and varied this week; we cover Aaron's time in Belfast along with his new F-Type farm, Tony arrives with his recently acquired 993 Porsche, Matt buys an IRS for his Fox Body project, and of course we cover all the interesting stuff coming out of Geneva Motor Show this year.
Newly annointed creator of the world's fastest production vehicle (the Venom GT) John Hennessey swings by to have a chat. In addition to the record setting run, we talk about the McLaren P1, the Porsche 918, working with NASA the scrutineers at Guinness and the current insanity of the hypercar world.
Straight from a tour of roadside landmarks we review the brand new Audi A8L Diesel along with stories from law enforcement, truck stop weaponry and pez dispensors.
This week we sit down to discuss important things like Matt's need to buy unnecessary cars, the King of Hammers, cheeky british saloons with 550HP (Jaguar XFR-S) aftermarket seats, and LA's worst/best strip club/burlesque show Jumbo's Clown Room. Strap in, take a sip and lean back it's another week of ridiculous crap.
Our good friends Larry Kosilla (AMMO NYC, Drive Clean) and Mike Musto (Big Muscle, Road & Track) join us at the podcasting table once again. This week we review the Chevy SS and the Jeep Cherokee Diesel. Also we cover Larry's less than ideal ride to the airport, the Forza Motorsport Smoking Tire car pack, Axe Body Spray, camping in the desert BMW Z8s and winter car care.
This week after a long absence Jonny Lieberman rejoins us at the podcasting table alongside his Source Interlink compatriot Carlos Lago. Frankly this episode is really really long coming in at nearly two and a half hours. We cover beards, the Bieber arrest, E46 vs Fiesta outrage, the new Subaru WRX, the AMG G63 6x6, rather explicit fan letters, the Venom GT, AMS Alpha 12 GT-R and the Pagani Huayra. Strap in, this one just goes and goes.
This week Steve Dinan purveyor of all things BMW joins us to talk about how he got into the business and the current state of BMW tech. Of course we touch upon the history of BMW but we spend a long time discussing how factory turbocharging has unleashed new potential and where things may be going in the future. We discuss the realities of research and development, Steve defines "Turbo Lag" for us and using vacuum in the crankcase for power increases.
This week we welcome back our friend Duncan Ende (@DuncanEnde) who has recently taken the helm of a Prototype Challenge car in the IMSA TUDOR Championship series driving for RSR Racing. This week we discuss the virtual wasteland that is Indianapolis, GTD Cars, the gorgeous new C7R, what it's like to drive an open cockpit racecar in the wet, and Duncan's Le Mans ambitions. Additionally we touch on blinding shift lights, Bob Ross, the drunken outfield of Sebring, Veyrons, Koenigsegg's crazy cam-less cylinder heads, Rolex's and Matt outlines the most efficient way to pick up a stripper.
So... this week as we wrapped up recording and I attempted to save the recording (like the reckless asshole I am) GarageBand promptly started throwing a fit and ultimately destroyed the second half of the recording.
Since we got a solid hour of podcasting in before the recording was trashed I decided an hour of a quality podcasting was better than none.
Those problems aside, this week we welcome Travis Langness of Edmunds to the podcast table. We review the Range Rover LWB, Travis talks about Edmund's long term 2005 CLS65 AMG and we discuss the controversy surrounding the Fiesta ST vs BMW E46 M3 video.
This week we welcome back our good friend Jeff Glucker of Hooniverse and American Detours to help us close out 2013. We discuss Jeff's W123 Mercedes Hemi swap "The Wombat", Thad buys himself a brand new Fiesta ST, Matt geeks out on Back to the Future and Chris manages to knock his mic over mid show. We also touch on the Aston Martin V12 Vantage S, the Lamborghini Countach and we list the favorite cars we drove over the course of the year.
This week we sit down with Carlos Lago (@caroloslago) of MotorTrend and Ignition to talk about just about everything. The topics are varied and this one comes in at over 2 hours so here's what we covered.
This week we announce the winners of our 100th episode giveaway.
This week we welcome Mr. Regular and The Roman from Regular Car Reviews if you don't know them yet you should; we find them absolutely hilarious. This week we cover morning zoos, Nissan Stanzas, Wilford Brimley, La Forzas, Dodge Rams, bukkake, Grand Nationals and generally dive into the depths of utter depravity.
On a markedly more somber note we address the untimely passing of Roger Rodas and Paul Walker whom we knew to varying degrees but unanimously respected. If ever there were a time to dedicate an episode in memorandom it is most definitely now.
Afte nearly two years of podcasting we reach our 100th episode. Beyond the milestone we also celebrate the delivery of Matt's long awaited DeLorean. In this episode we cover the Rolls Royce Wraith, the 2015 Mustang, Turbo BMW E30s, the "troubles" in Ireland, sturdy redneck genes and Lambo doors. Additionally Zack does his take on the film Snatch while we all immitate Michael Caine and the Queen Mum.
Thanks for listening, the ride is just beginning.
This week we welcome back Dan Greenawalt of Turn10 Studios to cap off the Forza 5 coverage. Just a couple of days prior to the XBox One launch Dan walks us through the final build of the game as we take turns playing during the podcast.
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Fresh back from SEMA we are joined by Jack Baruth and another gentleman that absolutely is not his brother Bark Maruth. We talk about the differences in street cars vs. track prepped street cars vs. race cars, driving instruction and cross continent records. In addtion we cover a bit of what we encountered at SEMA along with the experience of driving a Lamborghini Aventador from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for the SEMA show.
This week Mike Musto, Chris Harris, Mike Spinelli and JF Musial of /Drive join us and as usual it's a complete melee. We start off discussing our respective ages soon to follow with admiration for Nino's beard. Chris Harris gets a taste of Los Angeles by sharing a hotel with bikers and driving through South Central. We talk about the reorganization of GM and Chrysler, the merits of transverse leafsprings, meanwhile touching upon important cultural figures such as Vanilla Ice, M.C. Hammer, Ice T and of course drunk Hitler.
This week we got some hands-on time with the X-Box One (aka XBone) and Forza Motorsport 5 courtesy of our friens over at Turn 10 Studios. Additionally we've just returned from the single largest vehicle shoot in /Drive's history. We touch on the 911 Carrera S, C7 Corvette, Fiesta ST, BMW M5 and many more.
Paul and Todd from Everyday Driver sit down and talk with us about their new documentary 50 Years of the 911. In addition we cover how cars acquire character as they age, the Tesla Model S, YouTube "rentals", the current drama at Morgan automotive and Matt talks about his time spent with the new Audi RS7.
Normally this is where I attempt to inject some humor but I'm struggling to stay awake, so insert your own damn joke on the line provided _______________________________________
This week Vinny Russo of Lamborghini North America joins us along with Mike Musto whom you all probably already know. We of course talk Lambos, we also discuss Vinny's experience on Bull Run and the Silver State Classic. In addition to those stories we discuss the balancing fun, entertainment and responsibility and the double standards that automotive journalists are held to. Oh yeah and Matt contracted Panamanian lung AIDS.
Thad, Matt, Zack and Tom return from a Tuned shoot in Panama; bringing us all the gift their perspective but also dick and fart jokes. First up, diesel Ford Rangers are apparently a thing that happens as is incessant honking, highly modified Suzuki Samurais, "casino" hookers, 900HP Evoloutions VIIs, and hurdling behemoths modified to the hilt known as Diablo Rojo buses. All that and more on yet another episode of what is undeniably the most crass automotive podcast nobody ever asked for, The Smoking Tire.
This week we convene without a guest, but we don't need one because Matt and Zack have driven plenty of new cars in the last week. At the Chyrsler press event the Ram Pro Master, Dart GT, Fiat 500e, Cherokee Trail Hawk and Grand Cherokee diesel were all abused and thrown recklessly enthusiastically driven, occassionally with passengers in designated cargo areas. Matt also shares his experience with the mid-cycle refresh of the Panamera to be followed by discussions of flight lessons, high class hobos, and pizza delivery.
Alan Peltier and Patrick Moran from HRE Wheels join us to discuss wheels of course. Alan dives deep into wheel design and construction, while we spout off with our usual barrage of bullshit. Additionally Alan teaches us what to look for when purchasing wheels. Beyond all the wheel talk Zack spent some time with a new Tesla Model S and Matt had the good fortune of spending an afternoon with a Lexus LFA.
This week Garnett Lee of Weekend Confirmed and Editorial Director of GameFly Media joins us in studio. We talk about Garnett's vehicle history including his new Boxster. Rolling with the theme of vehicle history we discuss highschool car culture in the late 90s. After the trip down memory lane we find time to discuss tires, the new Mini JCW GP, stolen iPhones, Gwar and tire modeling in racing games. Also Zack and Matt just returned from Nevada where they particpated in the Silver State Classic, encountered a racist rodea clown (redundant?) and Matt uknowingly purchases a stolen iPhone.
This week we welcome Rich Fowler of Motorsport Retro. We spend a bit of time talking F1 stuff mostly Prost vs. Senna and of course the new Räikkönen + Ferrari alliance. We touch upon the mertis of Australia's V8 Super Car series vs NASCAR, the reckles aussie abandon that is Bathhurst, and of course Australia's most famous vehicles the utes. Beyond all of that and our usual brand of bullshit, Rich is simply floored by our outlook on electric vehicles and hybrids; the Volt and Tesla Model S specifically.
This week we convene sans guest, that being said we make do. Matt discusses his upcoming moderation of "Black Air" (Grand National Documentary) at the Jalopnik Film Festival. Zack and Thad share tales of drag racing station wagons. We thoroughly lambast the appearance of the Shelby Raptor, lust over a 64 Corvette autocross special, Matt reviews the Range Rover Sport, we say many kind words about Greg Fitzsimmons and more...
I'll get right to the cool stuff, Matt put 300 miles on a brand new C7 Corvette Stingray and Zack spent some time with the 2014 911 Turbo S. Now the rest of this post is likely superfluous but what kind of sorry excuse for a podcaster/blogger would I be if I didn't expound a bit?
Beyond two of the biggest names in sporting things with 4 wheels, Matt and Zack both made their ways to Europe and brought us the gift of stories from the "old country" and likely unending jealousy for many of our listeners. Matt visited Koenigsegg and spent some time with their test driver as they flogged an Agera R for an afternoon; you know when he wasn't busy touring the continent in a brand new M6 Coupé (accent added for additional euro flavour (also the u because I'm feeling international)). Whilst making his way across the continent the M6 may or may not have spanked a Ferrari 458.
If that wasn't enough Zack flew over to Germany to film the 2014 911 Turbo S for Tangent Vector, and it seems as though Porsche may have produced a car that is good. In a different part of the country Matt was busy making his way around the Nürburgring Nordschleife because racecar.
Oh yeah, and of course everybody is back from Pebble Beach and the Concours d'Elegance. We make fun of snooty old money guys wearing stupid pants, the autmotive journalists who believe they're mocking them (even though they really aren't) and our plans for next years appearance at Pebble.
All of that and the requisite number of dick and fart jokes.
This week we put too many damned people on mic. Mike Spinelli and Travis Okulski from Jalopnik join us alongside Doug Demuro of Plays with Cars and the rest of the usual crew with a half intoxicated Dan Neil and Blake Rong shouting things at us from the background.
The topics run long and varied on this episode here's the breakdown.
This week we invite Gale Banks of Banks Power and "Special" Dan Neil of the Wall Street Journal into the studio. Of course with Mr. Banks in the house we spent copious amounts of time discussing diesel engines and turbocharging technology. Additionally we covered Banks' new StraightShot Water/Methanol Injection system, jake brakes, Jetta TDis, Turbocharged 5 Cylinder Chevy Colorados, tuning a BMW 335, Pikes Peak and of course Dan convinces Gale to lend him a racecar.
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This week we welcome our old friend Larry Kosilla of Ammo Autocare and Drive Clean as well as our new friend George Notaras of Motoman.tv and inside the Motoman studio. We of course talk detailing, Larry answers a few questions and we celebrate his new status as Bugatti's official detailer. George regales us with stories of hunting down stolen iPhones, German executives and his other gig outside of the automotive world as a standup comedian.
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You should also check out Larry's podcast Drive and Protect here on shoutengine.
This week we sit down and prepare for the an entirely off road trip through Washington state as planned by Thad. We spend some time digging through Craigslist for beater trucks and discussing plans for the trip. In addition we have both Matt and Zack's long term impressions of the Volt we discuss it's cousn the Cadillac ELR and Matt tells us about his time with the Mitsubish Evolution 311RS.
We invite Dave Engelman @PorscheDave09 into the studio this week to talk all things Porsche. Dave is the Communications Manager for Porsche North America and is an all around knowledgeable car guy. This week we cover...
This week Tony Quiroga of Car and Driver joins us (via a 2014 SLS Black) for an episode with frankly too many cars. We talk about the new Roush Stage 3 Mustang, Zack gets a Volt press car, Chris opines on the 2014 Impala, Matt imparts some consumer advice while maligning the anticlimatic exit of electric cars. In addition we cover gay cowbotys, Connecticut Mobsters, the Top Gear mower, camber tires, The Price is Right, the brand new Maserati Ghibli and last but not least the 2014 european Volkswagen GTi.
This week Matt D'Andria co-host of Carcast and host of GQ's Car Collectors joins us in studio and this one goes for a while. We talk about Jeff Dunham's Batmobile, the Ford GTX1, Tesla Model S, the new Mazda 3, Zack has an interesting story from the Playboy Mansion, Matt buys a Delorean, Bob Ross paintings, Danny Trejo's lowriders, Jay Leno's collection and we discuss Top Gear USA.
It's Nino's Birthday, Zack and Thad take a new 370Z roadster for an enthusiastic drive through Northern California, Matt visits Kennebunkport Maine after taking delivery on a brand new Chevy Volt, a new Roush Stage 3 Mustang waits in the driveway, we talk about the Honda CR-Z which should get excellent fuel economy, the C7 Corvette which actually gets good fuel economy, and Zack takes a ride with an old lady in a Lamborghini.
This week we talk about LeMans, Matt test drives the Aston Martin Rapide S, Chris checked out the Banks Super-Turbo Freightliner Pikes Peak truck, we discuss idiots crashing McLarens, overly litigious texts, the Viper vs the C7 Vette and of course we pay our respects to Tony Soprano himself the late Mr. James Gandolfini.
This week Dan Greenawalt creative director of Turn 10 Studios joins us to dig into the deep details of Forza 5. We get super in depth about physics modeling, specular lighting and particle effects among other things. We also talk about E3, the XBox One, McLaren P1, McLaren 12c, Porsche 918 and Dan's M3 project.
This week J.F. Musial (Johnny Samsonite) and Duncan Ende join us to talk about Nino getting a ticket, E3, drinking games, the McLaren P1, Porsche 918 and a return to the drunken melee that was signature of early episodes.
This week Derek Kreindler of The Truth About Cars joins us, we talk about the VW Jetta Turbo Hybrid, RWB Porsches, the Morgan Aero, Nissan Skylines, the new Audi R8 GT, Burning Jeeps and how to find people to have a "crisis" with on the internet.
Matt returns from Europe and Bill Caswell joins us to talk about the Volvo S60 Polestar, electric hot-rodding, the Fiesta ST, partying at the Nurburging, rally built 911s, and driving in the UK in a Morgan Aero 8.
This week our guests are Chris Harris and Mike Musto, Matt and Chris join us from Wales where they've been busy filming, meanwhile we sit down with Musto and talk tiny electric cars, GM's Code 130R FRS/BRZ fighter, the Audi R8 V10+, and custom builds.
This week we talk broken alarms, driving in the UK, Credit Fraud, Hookers from Singapore, the EV West electric M3, nicknames, the Tesla Model S, and of course Crohn's disease.
Today we talk about pzev vehicles, shitty desert towns, the new Aston Martin Vanquish, the Porsche 918, C6 Corvette Modifications, the Crawford turbo Subaru BRZ, and the Lamborghini Egoista.
On this episode we talk about Zack Braff, accidents on Mulholland, modified 911s, the film Le Mans, missing strippers, the Camaro 1LE and the Mercedes G Wagon.
Pro drifter Kyle Mohan and motorsports manager Efrain Olivares join us to talk about golf accidents, drinking at Road Atlanta, ridiculously powerful rotary engines, the Toyata Pro/Celbrity race at Long Beach, hovercrafts and old Ford SHOs.
Jeff Glucker of Hooniverse is our guest and we talk about plastidip, unicorn sweatshirts, Lamborghini Aventadors, Coachella, Airstream trailers, Chump Car, the Long Beach Grand Prix, and the VW Jetta Hybrid.
Nick Hogan joins us and we talk about drifting, JDM cars, Vipers, tanning techniques, and the usual b.s.
Pro driver Duncan Ende joins us to talk about ALMS, racetracks, the intricacies of supercars, racing strategy, R8 race cars vs R8 street cars, and we answer listener questions.
Fresh off the track at Infineon Raceway for 24 Hours of Lemons we try our first video webcast and discuss the new Cadillac CTS, shoe protection, the new G63 AMG, used M3s and we compare luxury sport sedans.
Andy Duncan creator of Bullrun and Gumball 3000 joins us to talk about rallying, the new Porsche GT3 RS, strip clubs, Coos Bay Oregon, 24 Hours of Lemons, the Noble M400 and European travel.
On this episode we discuss pneumonia, dead batteries in McLarens, flipping Ferraris, high performance hybrids, right to repair laws, the Geneva auto show, and we review the Evoque and BMW X1.
This week Corbin creator of the zero f*ck$ given RX7 joins us to talk about motor swaps, Rolls Royces, destroying the bro is best Mercedes and we review the Toyota Highlander and BMW C600 scooter.
Rob Ferretti of Super Speeders joins us to talk about leprosy, exotic cars, broken motors, scooters, Ferrari radios, electric cars and supercharging vs. turbocharging.
Todd and Paul of Everyday Driver stop by to talk about Guinness records, tranny fluid, BMW 1 series M vs M3, the Fisker Karma, heavy duty pickup trucks, Corvettes, CKY, and the reliability of high end cars.
Grand Am driver Craig Stanton stops by the house and we talk about video games, driving instruction, Datsuns, suspension tuning, Porsches, and the ALMS Grand-Am merger.
Blake Rong of Autoweek stops by again and we talk about border patrol, casual alcoholism, the Fast and the Furious, stereotypes of American cars, and Engine Tuning.
Today we talk about ordering seafood in the desert, the new Range Rover, the C63 Black/SLS GT, Jackie Chan, Craigslist ads, and the new VW Beetle Cabriolet Turbo.
Smoking Tire alumni Blake Rong now of Autoweek joins us to talk about the Batmobile, George Barris, Concept Cars, Bob Lutz, C7 Corvettes, Arizona Etiquette, and SLR McLarens.
This week we talk about the C7 Corvette, Greg Fitzsimmons' podcast, the Audi RS5, Forum Tantrums, Matt drives a Formula Drift Car, lunch tray drifting, and the Venom GT Guinness Record.
Wes Siler and Jamie Robinson of Ride Apart join us for a chat about english accents, the Isle of Man, Japanese vs Euro bikes, and Matt's forthcoming ride.
We celebrate one year of the podcast with Jeff Glucker of Hooniverse. We talk about bullet proof cars, the standing mile, the new Mazda 6, Lexus LS 460 F Sport, Ford's new 3 cylinder Ecoboost, and compare radar detectors.
In our final episode of 2012 we talk about Larry's modeling career, wiring money to rappers, Zack reviews the Equinox LTZ, we talk about the Polestar Volvo C30, and we do some bus shopping.
Here is a bonus episode for the week of Christmas where we discuss the Mercedes S600, minivan burnouts, drifting in AZ, and Matt's first Hummer.
Fresh from Chuckwalla Raceway we talk about the spectacle that is Lemons and some quality time spent in a newly turbocharged track prepped FRS.
Our friend Dan is a 3D artist on the Call of Duty series, he stops by to talk about game development and the usual variety of cars and b.s.
Chris Harris, Mike Spinelli, Mike Musto, Neil Carey, and JF Musial all join us for conversational melee as we discuss the LA Auto Show.
Mike Spinelli and JF Musial of the Drive network stop by for what is best described as podcast attention deficit disorder mixed with our usual automotive news and questions.
Comedian Alex Scott is our guest and we discuss the EvoMS 911, bus fights, and the life of a touring comedian.
Tony Quiroga of Car and Driver stops by, we talk about auto journalism as a career, sleeper cars, Koenigsegg motor swaps, the S8, cylinder deactivation, and Ferrari.
It's Chris' 30th birthday and we just got back from SEMA so we bash some truly awful cars and bullshit about the show in general.
Noah Lehman-Haupt of Gotham Dream Cars visits and we discuss the exotic car rental business, burning Ferraris, celebrities, and overall reliability of high-end cars.
Dan Greenawalt creative director of the Forza games joins us to discuss Forza Horizon, his cars, physics, and Turn 10's extensive modeling and research processes.
Pro drifter Corey Hosford and Dustin Millard join us to talk Formula D, leisure suits, 4 cylinders vs. V8s, Canadian erections, autocross, and the Motor Press Guild track day.
This week we talk amongst ourselves about the perils of drunken idiocy, the Orange County auto show, and Matt's new gig.
Mike Musto of Big Muscle joins us again, wet talk about iOS6 Mapping, Aventador issues, the Focus ST, and over-engineered cars.
JF Musial of the Drive Network joins us to discuss Drive, the Speed Channel, F1, sketchy hotels, and juiced up guidos.
Our friend and Threadlines co-founder Tim Whitcome stops by, we talk about the ZL1 Camaro, the McLaren MP4-12C, and the tacky shit that people do to their cars.
Jeff Glucker of Hooniverse stops by to get his card punched, we talk about our time with the GT500, the new Accord, Switzer GT-R, Renntech vs. Brabus, Tom's Alaskan Adventure and Thad gets his car towed.
Simon Atik of Evosport joins us to talk about ze germans, in particular AMG vs M, Turbo 911s, diesel turning, and we had an M6 for a week.
Larry Kosilla of Drive Clean stops by, we of course talk detailing tips but also catch up on Larry and Matt's highschool adventures.
Dan Neil and Aaron Robinson stop by, they tell us about their time with the Pagani Huayra, and F12 Berlinetta, also we talk 911 Turbos, the Chinese car market, Pebble Beach, and the Dodge Dart.
Alex Roy and our friend Jen Nicole stop by and we talk french cars, targa tops, radar detectors, performance sedans, and Olympic falconry.
Joey and Betim of BBI stop by for some serious technical talk, stories of injuries, diesel disasters and future engine tech.
Accomplished driver and model Lea Anne Powell joins us and we talk about karting, recording police officers, Total Recall, the future of the GTR, modding daily drivers, really bad hip-hop, and cars we've destroyed.
Mike Musto of Big Muscle is our guest and we talk about the East Coast road trip, twin turbo Gallardos, Orlando, Supras, M3 race cars, Renntech's awesome CLS, and the mini coupe.
This week we talk about upcoming cars in Tuned season 2, John Hennessey's E63, how to become an auto journalist, and we answer voicemail questions.
This week we talk about the X Games, needy girlfriends, Lil' Wayne, the Acura NSX, Cadillac history, DSM cars, and celeberity repos.
Dan Neil of the Wall Street Journal joins us as we talk about old Lambos, his wager with Elon Musk, driving impressions of the Tesla Model S, Jenna Elfman's ass, and we endorse gold wheels.
John Hennessey of Hennessey performance is our guest, we talk about the Venom, internet naysaying, the Veloster Turbo, Bullrun, $65k sports cars, the Nissan Versa, and we accidentally insult blind people.
John Salley (yes of the NBA) stops by to talk about Audis, Adam Sandler, Chrome cars and Point Break, we also talk about D3 Tuning and spotting Lindsay Lohan's wrecked rental.
Andy Duncan of Bullrun and Jeff Glucker of Hooniverse stop by for all the usual bullshitting plus Nino got a sound board.
Matt Hill stops in fresh off Gumball 3000 and we discuss police escorts, escorts driving RVs, hybrid sports cars, Jeeps, and we take listener questions via voicemail.
Bill Caswell is in studio, we take live calls and we talk about 24 Hours of the Ring, emergency Porsche repairs, and impromptu windshield repair.
Bam stops by to talk about his travels to Connecticut with Matt, we also talk about the Venom GT, chicken fisting, fearless armenians, video production, and the Miami Heat.
This week Matt and Mike Musto call in to the podcast live from One Lap of America, we discuss the X5M, Crashing a CTS-V, 911 Rally Cars, deviant sexual trends, constitutional law and the Lingenfelter collection.
Jeff Glucker of Hooniverse joins us and we talk about state troopers, ice racing, radar detectors, the new GT500, Mayan End of the World Rally and Lewis Hamilton's new Pagani.
Jack Damon from Camera Car Systems stops by and we talk about chase vehicles for filming, 24 Hours of Lemons, sex with cars, the Lexus RX350 F Sport, rollercoasters, and death rallies.
Mike Musto (Mr. Angry) stops by to talk about muscle cars, people stalking Matt, the Galpin Auto Zagato party, and of course this episode was recorded on 420.
Nick and Drake drop by to talk motorhomes, 996 Porsches, and Coachella.
Andrew Comrie-Picard (ACP) stops by to talk about rallying, stunt driving, and our usual bs.
We sit down with Alex Roy of Team Polizei and general hoonery fame, as well as our good friend Micah "Bam Bamm" White.
This week we sat down with Bill Caswell and Wyatt Knox of crazy Mexican BMW rally car fame, also we talk about New Hampshire and how to become a co-driver.
This week we had microsphone problems with Blake Rong from Automotive.com, we talk about the SHO and Flex, Hot Tubbing, our broken Corvettes, budget sports cars and some F1.
This week we talk with Porsche factory driver Patrick Long and Bryant Kreaden of Lamborhini / Astron Martin of Beverly Hills.
We talk gas prices, Cayman R, Saab, highschool idiocy, and old ISPs.
Jeff Glucker of Hooniverse and Bam stop by to talk Porsches, Falcon's, and Matt's wager with the CEO of Hyundai USA.
We finish our discussion with Jonny Lieberman.
Jonny Lieberman of Car and Driver joins us to talk about BMWs, the new Genesis coupe, fat carting, and other such things.
Dan Neil of the Wall Street Journal and Aaron Robinson of Car and Driver stop by for discussions about crashing Ferraris, Chuck Heston, F1, and immitating the Dukes of Hazzard.
Bam Bamm stops by again as we discuss quality body shops, evening gowns, Nissan Muranos, and Porsche Panameras.
JF Musial of Tangent Vector joins us for a discussion about crappy collector cars, canine feline interaction, and taunting police officers.
Micah "Bam Bamm" White joins us as we talk about boats, panel vans, luxury cars, and how much Thad hates the Honda Crosstour.
An introduction to the participants, questions and answers, Paganis, Ferraris, and a modicum of Camaro dissatisfaction.
