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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to http...
Jun 08, 2016•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 225
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://...
Jun 02, 2016•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 224
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST...
May 26, 2016•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 223
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and...
May 18, 2016•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 222
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...
May 12, 2016•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 221
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreo...
May 04, 2016•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 220
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 . Want your question answered? Want ...
Apr 28, 2016•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 219
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-...
Apr 20, 2016•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 218
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.co...
Apr 13, 2016•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 217
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcas...
Apr 08, 2016•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 216
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. ...
Mar 30, 2016•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 215
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free p...
Mar 23, 2016•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 214
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch ...
Mar 17, 2016•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 213
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets...
Mar 09, 2016•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 212
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off Th...
Mar 03, 2016•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 211
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST...
Feb 25, 2016•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 210
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and A...
Feb 18, 2016•2 hr 43 min•Ep. 209
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.co...
Feb 11, 2016•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 208
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. Click here to get your copy of And On That Bombshell Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusi...
Feb 03, 2016•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 207
We talk Volvo wagons, respiratorily challenged felines, drift school, Focus RS and a myriad of repairs while Thad is mid-flight to Dubai. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST . Watch our car rev...
Jan 27, 2016•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 206
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter...
Jan 20, 2016•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 205
Fresh back from Drift 101 Matt Farah and Thaddeus Brown share their experience, Jeff Glucker ( @JGlucker ) drops by to swap stories, Zack Klapman accidentally does everything wrong while getting pulled over in a circa 1979 Chevy van and we all lament the cesspool that is the Autoblog comment section Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS...
Jan 13, 2016•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 204
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stre...
Jan 06, 2016•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 203
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 t...
Dec 23, 2015•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 202
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, ge...
Dec 17, 2015•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 201
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST . ...
Dec 09, 2015•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 200
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". Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight...
Dec 02, 2015•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 199
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podca...
Nov 27, 2015•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 198
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...
Nov 18, 2015•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 197
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. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreo...
Nov 11, 2015•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 196
