On this weeks remote episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk ultra rate 1950s JDM designs in US based junk yards, and a long winded complain fest about rental car experiences and how we're glad they're all going out of business. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carbitrage/id1363759412 Carb...
Jun 09, 2020•59 min
On this episode of the carbitrage podcast, we discuss the unfortunate cancellation of MN's best car event due to COVID, the 1978 Subaru GL wagon slays a rubicon on the trails this week, Little Tikes' most popular car outsels bitain's most popular car 1:3 in 2020, the GTR50 finally goes in to production and we show you what job foremen drove in 1955. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://so...
Jun 02, 2020•47 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss at long last, the car culture in Somalia, an unfortunate water logging of a massive collection of Fieros in Michigan, VW's hilariously racist ad, car designs we feel could have been sold 10 years after their unveiling, and an affordable Dusenberg! All this and more on the Carbitrage Podcast! Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcl...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 4 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss german cars and japanese cars to try and figure out which is actually best. BMW ends european delivery programme for USA owners, ford expands its horizons by manufacturing synthetic bird dirt, a modern outback gets its lunch tossed by a 1978 Subaru DL on the trails, the C8 vette gets a set of lambo doors at a hefty price, and we cover the most popular car marques of african countries at length! Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Ca...
May 17, 2020•1 hr 16 min
On this episode of the carbitrage podcast, we discuss Ryan's new 4th gen prelude office chair, the next gen GT86 finally getting the FB turbo treatment, the cheapest way to buy in to italian design houses, the Cannonball run record falling for a 5th time since the pandemic started, and Datsun lives to die another day. All this and more on this weeks episode of the Carbitrage Podcast. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXl...
May 15, 2020•54 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss virtual car shows, starting with two guys and a ride's 9 part series on Chanhassen Autoplex units, and how we think there should be more shows like that right now, Toyota UAE going full RAD with graphics packages, Car week 2020 officially cancelled due to the pandemic, Audi returning to the US with manual transmissions in the A3 line, and we do a BaT challenge to show just how deflated some models are right now with the global uncertainty. Ca...
May 03, 2020•1 hr 7 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss Mazda giving healthcare workers driving any make or model free car care, Mazda's horrible design choices in engineering with their nD Miata, Chassis code confusion in car culture, Porsche giving us a generation 2 of their in house retrofit stereo, now featuring car play, we talk March car sales being down 30% year over year, Mini decides to rename their corona wheels in lieu of the pandemic, and Mazda's next generatino 6 is RWD and inline 6, ...
Apr 26, 2020•54 min
On this episode, we pull Shane from cone coach on to help discuss pandemic effects on EV sales, quarantine game and pass time suggestions, an Arctic Trucks F150 edition, Forza for your phone, Auto insurance providers issuing massive discounts to all policy holders because of disuse of their vehicles, and Isuzu's Plaza museum is a sight to behold. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: @erik-berger-...
Apr 20, 2020•53 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we welcome Shane from Cone Coach and PEBKAK podcast back on after a long hiatus to help discuss our quarantine movie suggestions, the new Valenine one version 2.0 after 20 years of v1.x, a habitual supercar crasher douche continues stread with totaled gemballa carrera GT, honda bringing turbocharging to its V6 this year, Detroit accidentally did a great thing pushing back january auto show, and yet another cannonball record comes to fruition in quaranti...
Apr 15, 2020•59 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we're live and remote again via Discord with our Patrons! WE LOVE INDIA! (and their covid lockdown strategy), GM and Ford ahead of the curve making ventilators for needs hospitals to save lives all while trump blindly tells them they need to start doing the thing they're doing. Garage 54 cameo in a video game Escape from Tarkov, Planebitrage covers American Airlines going full cargo for the first time since 1984, Ryan has a new favorite BaT car, and you...
Apr 06, 2020•46 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we are LIVE and REMOTE but bringing you topics like the industry wide massive increase of nearly new cars coming across auction blocks as borrowers default, a massive project car recap and update for Ryan and I, motorsports moving to digital online methods for now, two guys and a ride covering a virtual version of cars and caves, and Forza horizon adds Toyotas. good ones. All this and more on this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast. Carbitrage Patreon: w...
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 2 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, Ferrari finally cuts production amongst human malware concerns, behind all other Italian auto makers, St Paul foolishly drops speed limits on city-owned streets, Minneapolis follows suit. Coachbuilding could make a comeback with Skateboard style vehicle platforms, good guy Hyundai will pay your car payment for up to 6 months if you lose your job due to the Human Malware (thanks Gamers' nexus by the way for that term). Best bought cars at Amelia island, ...
Mar 22, 2020•1 hr 3 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss the Twin Cities Minnesota auto show getting cancelled early amongst human malware concerns, the Idiotic diesel brothers getting EPA fines totaling over three quarters of a million dollars, Durian coming to the market with fruit based carbon aero-gels for automotive applications, Cadillac CT-5 production mule being spotted with a manual gear box, we cover Amelia Island best buys, and a story about a famous Deusenberg owner. Carbitrage Patreon:...
Mar 15, 2020•1 hr
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast - we're coming at you live from the floor of the Minneapolis / St Paul auto show with Randy Stern of Victory and Reseda, and Brian May of Trueform technologies. We discuss our favorite cars from the auto show, manual transmissions, the new Twingo and 500e city EVs, Honda putting S2000 parts back in to production for collectors, Several of Erik's cars being on Hagerty's top 25 collector cars for 2020, BMW and their horrible decisions continuing, and final...
Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 23 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we brief you on our March 7th noon auto show recording, a NZ man who is completely full of poo claiming he got a cease and desist from Ferrari for his oddball engine swap and did not in fact. a possibility for a car that is sold with an auto and a manual, but is such unobtanium as a manual, you'd take the auto version, additionally, cars you still want that are not offered with a manual box. The 2020 geneva auto show is cancelled due to the corona virus...
Mar 02, 2020•1 hr 12 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss our upcoming live recording at the Minneapolis International Auto Show, we discuss our picks for cars that looked better post facelift, Jaguar XE's reputation for tossing engines in to livingrooms, the ItalDesign Aztec and Ryan's light heart, Tesla now offering a software unlock for heated rear seats to model 3 owners, New York public transit woes and Kansas City's solution to transit issues, creating a free rider system. Carbitrage Patreon: ...
Feb 23, 2020•52 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we discuss a Chrysler Pacifica that can do RWD drift things, the Fiat 500E 2nd generation coming back in the EU spotted powertrain mule testing, a Puerto-rican Toyota Tercel with a 2GR-FE, Jaguar software unlocking another 30 miles of range on its I-Pace, a BaT Blog find W126 M110 powered manual piece of elegant history, and Fully Charged Live coverage from Austin, TX. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/cha...
Feb 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we cover Hagerty and their incorrect claim that Millennials don't like cars, Bosozoku scooters, Dodge changing the challenger and charger splitter guards from yellow to hot pink in an effort to get folks to remove them from their cars.. Obviously this will backfire since Pink is a much better color than yellow. Toyota announces the 4 cylinder BMW B48 powered not a supra is coming to the USA. do NOT buy one. We discuss the high price 240Z that closed for...
Feb 09, 2020•1 hr 4 min
On this episode of the carbitrage podcast, we discuss the worst sounding vehicle exhausts of all time, Supra heritage parts program finally drops in the USA. Erik covers the Rev's institute in Florida, Subaru announces the Forester F.U.C.K.S. and then promptly kills the model. BOO! We look at absurdly badly designed factory exhaust manifolds from Lexus and Mercedes, Battery electric vehicle sales down sharply in 2019 from 2018. Capping the episode off with The Carbitrage Guess the price on Scott...
Feb 02, 2020•1 hr 11 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, the Drive Cartel guys hang around to peanut gallery while Ryan and I intro the Modie Awards for 2019 (Carbitrage award) and distribute credit where due! Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carbitrage/id1363759412 Carbitrage Twitch: www.twitch.tv/emttech...
Jan 26, 2020•53 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we invite Drive Cartel on to discuss all things car culture in MN and the upcoming car season. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carbitrage/id1363759412 Carbitrage Twitch: www.twitch.tv/emttech Carbitrage Website: www.thecarbitrage.com
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 38 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk Carlos Ghosn's unbelieveable escape from Japan to Lebanon, Travis scott's aution ready E30 M3 and its associated album provenance, Commuter culture and why we should embrace public and alternative transit options for our commutes to preserve the enthusiast car, Renault's Twizzy found its way to California and... It's for sale?! Australia's summer nats event is on, Segway might be making something not awful finally, and there's a BMW Z8 inbound! ...
Jan 13, 2020•58 min
On this episode of the carbitrage podcast, we talk engines with maximum RPMs that match their displacements in cubic centimeters, Jana outlines a freakish unexplainable car crash, we cover best bang for the buck engine swaps outside of the LS world, Subaru recalling 250,000 FA and FB engines for oil issues and more! Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933...
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 11 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we talk Hyundai Kia reaping massive benefits from the domestic automakers Ford and GM stopping car production, fastest all-motor 2ZZ-GE toyota Echo, Gordon Murray creates a genuine successor to the McLaren F1 with a 12,000RPM cosworth V12 powered downforce monster fan car. What foils carjackings more than anything else? A third pedal. American lunatic creates a FCA CTS-V wagon with a manual 6.4 liter magnum. Dax shepherd has a great car collection, so w...
Dec 28, 2019•1 hr 30 min
On this episode of the carbitrage podcast, we discuss our new Patron Ryan R, best and worst third brake lights of all time, AEM's two footed launch in to electric motor and battery management systems, GM releases new suburban and tahoe - we finally get independent rear suspension and an inline 6 diesel! Ford explorer, even after redesign worse in crash tests than a 6 year old mitsubishi mirage, Porsche Taycan 4S gets hilariously bad range with 90+kWh, Elon drives the cyber truck like a cuck, and...
Dec 21, 2019•52 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk favorite automotive ad series, FCA strong arming Mahindra, the 124 Spider production coming to an end, a car 'debate' on replacing a B6 S4 convertible, beater E46 updates, a fabulous Mirage with a cut down Evo X drive train, and ford SHOCKED at dual clutch transmission issues that plagues most of their cars for a decade, a decade later. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYab...
Dec 15, 2019•1 hr 4 min
On this episode of the carbitrage podcast, we talk BHauction's insanely awesome small january auction list, the process and reasoning behind scrapping an old vehicle, Honda's integra is no longer the most stolen car, AMG introduces a LOUD start feature for the W205 C63 AMG, Ryan found an 80s fab helmet he wants, but it's not legal in the USA, the Cannonball run record is absolutely obliterated by a crew of three in a W212 E63 AMG, Patrick George leaves Jalopnik, and the Genesis G70 might get the...
Dec 10, 2019•1 hr 11 min
On this episode of the Carbitrade Podcast, we discuss the B58 cracking 1000hp, Toyota back in video games (and a fun Mercedes pack in Mario Cart), the Defender is back, sort of. we do the 10 year throwback, but with cars and car culture. BMW's upcoming i4 specs leak Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p...
Dec 01, 2019•1 hr 13 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk favorite interesting trims of boring cars, Ford and GM feeling the squeeze from killing off cars, Tesla's cyber truck, Mustang Mach-E, VW Space Vizzion, and the FJ is sold. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carbitrage/id1363759412 Carbitrage T...
Nov 24, 2019•1 hr 14 min
On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast we discuss Porsche keeping the Manual alive once again with the new 992 Carrera S and 4S, bonus free sport chrono package. the Peel P50 is back in production!!! BMW ruined the 2 series, but the new M2 will stay rear wheel drive, officially announced the M3 and M4 will also be sold with a 6 speed stick, in rear wheel drive only and without competition package. Lucas electric built an EV in the 70s, a full yikes. We also talk what we're excited for in upco...
Nov 17, 2019•1 hr 5 min
