Zack is back from road tripping a hydrogen car and it couldn't have gone worse. Seriously, his story is insane. After that, Matt tells us about the Mercedes GLA 45 AMG he's been driving, and then we answer a bunch of fan questions. Go to HelloFresh.com/smokingtire14 and use code smokingtire14 for up to 14 free meals plus free shipping. Raycon’s offering 15% off all their products for [Smoking Tire] listeners: go to BuyRaycon.com/smoking . JB Weld: Available at JBWeld.com , Walmart, Amazon, Home ...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 639
Derek D (@derekdeangelis) is an actor, comedian, and host. You might know him as the host of Fast Lane Daily, a daily automotive news show that was the longest-running internet show on YouTube. See his pilot here: https://www.derekd.com/coppin_stayles_show.html More info on Derek here: https://www.derekd.com/ Listeners of The Smoking Tire Podcast receive 30% off Keeper Unlimited and Family plans. Use promo code SMOKINGTIRE30 at checkout or visit keeper.io/smokingtire to learn more. First 100 lis...
Jul 01, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 638
We’re catching up on what we’ve driven lately: Mustang Mach 1, McLaren 720S, Hellcat Redeye, Mach E, suspension, new parts, and answering your questions! Listeners of The Smoking Tire Podcast receive 30% off Keeper Unlimited and Family plans. Use promo code SMOKINGTIRE30 at checkout or visit keeper.io/smokingtire to learn more. First 100 listeners who go to Sennheiser.com/Podcast and use promo code TIRE will receive 15% off the Momentum True Wireless 2 earbuds or any of their amazing headphones....
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 637
David Patterson (better known as That Dude in Blue) is an automotive YouTuber that focuses on driving modified cars and reporting on automotive news. Check out his channel ! https://www.youtube.com/user/ThatDudeinBlue/videos Get 20% off your first monthly box when you sign up at https://www.BoxOfAwesome.com and enter the code SMOKINGTIRE at checkout. Get 10% off your purchase by going to https://www.PublicRec.com/TIRE Get your Decked Drawer System by going to https://www.Decked.com/SMOKINGTIRE a...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 636
Mike Spinelli is an automotive journalist and TV host. He has worked at Jalopnik, 0-60 Magazine, and is currently the VP of Content at TheDRIVE.com. We talk about the hole left by his MR2, what should replace his Jaguar, and answer a ton of your questions. https://www.thedrive.com Get 20% off your first monthly box when you sign up at https://www.BoxOfAwesome.com and enter the code SMOKINGTIRE at checkout. Get 10% off your purchase by going to https://www.PublicRec.com/TIRE Get your Decked Drawe...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 635
Chris Paukert is the Executive Editor for CNET’s Roadshow. He’s also been on the staff of Autoblog, Automobile, and is an award-winning video producer. On this episode we talk about old motorcycles, odd shift patterns, forbidden fruit, smelly helmets, what's wrong with the Rav4 Hybrid, which clutch to put in a 240SX Grand Tourer, Lucid Motors, and catch up on old fan questions. Follow @CPAutoScribe https://www.cnet.com/profiles/chris.paukert/ Go to https://www.HelloFresh.com/smokingtire12 and us...
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 634
Greg Stanley is the host of The Collector Cars Podcast, the official podcast of RM Sotheby’s. We talk about the collector car market, auction results, and anything related to collecting cars! Go to https://www.HelloFresh.com/smokingtire12 and use code smokingtire12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping. Listeners of The Smoking Tire Podcast receive 30% off Keeper Unlimited and Family plans. Use promo code SMOKINGTIRE30 at checkout or visit https://www.keeper.io/smokingtire to learn more. Go...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 633
Jason Cammisa is the host of the shows “Know it All”, “Icons”, and “Revelations”, which air on Hagerty’s YouTube channel. His latest video analyzes the history of the iconic BMW M3. We talk to him about what it took to film that incredible video and what he thinks about the new M3. Then, Matt and Zack talk about what they've driven lately and answer fan Q&A. Watch his M3 film here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3EiY7sQWr4 Go be your strongest self, use J-B Weld, World's Strongest Bond. Av...
Jun 10, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 632
Roger N Farah is finally joining us in studio to do the business show and dropping serious knowledge. Regardless of your industry or craft, you can learn from this show. Pops, if you did not know, is a heavy hitter. He just retired as Chairman of the Board of Tiffany & Co., having organized the largest luxury retail sales merger in history, selling the company to LVMH last year. He was President and COO of Ralph Lauren for 15 years, CEO of Venator Inc (which owns all FootLocker brands) for a...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 631
We have driven a LOT of cars (and bikes) so it’s time to talk about them. We had two NSXes, the BMW M3 Comp, Harley Panamericana, and drove the Ferrari SF90. All that, plus answering Q&A! 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 https://off-the-record.sjv.io/c/2765520/1021446/13139 Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Google Music: Web player: Get your Dillon optics here: http://thesmokingtire.com/partne...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 630
Henry Catchpole was the Features Editor for EVO Magazine for 11 years and now hosts the YouTube channel, Carfection, which produces exceptional videos about important and iconic cars. He recently had quite a day, driving 3 icons: the McLaren F1, Mercedes CLK GTR, and Porsche GT1. 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 https://off-the-record.sjv.io/c/2765520/1021446/13139 Get your Dillon optics ...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 629
Parker Kligerman (@pkligerman) is in the studio! This guy does everything: racing driver, pit reporter, TV host, and iRacing team owner. He has been the pit reporter for NBC Sports for several years, covering everything from NASCAR races to 24 Hour of Daytona. He currently drives the #75 truck in the NASAR Camping World Truck series and you can see him on "Proving Grounds" alongside out friends @lehmank and @thatsamsmith . Go to https://www.HelloFresh.com/smokingtire12 and use code smokingtire12...
May 27, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 628
Tony Angelo might have the coolest origin story in automotive media. He learned to wrench on an RX-7, then he was a driver in the very first season of Formula Drift, and now you he's the host of MotorTrend's "Hot Rod Garage" alongside Lucky Costa. Tony has built some CRAZY stuff on that show including a Jaguar drag car, a twin-engined AWD Impala SS, and a badass '70 Cuda drift car. He has amazing stories that you just have to hear. Watch his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9yHbzc...
May 25, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 627
Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez is an incredibly successful automotive YouTuber who buys broken exotic cars and brings them back to life. In his new show, Car Trek, Freddy, Ed Bolian and Tyler Hoover buy odd used cars and take them on adventures. In the latest season they all bought cheap(ish) used Ferraris. What could wrong? We talk about his show, The Grand Tour issues, the SSC controversy, and why fixing McLarens is so hard. You can watch the new season of Car Trek here https://youtube.com/playli...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 626
It's a crew show! Zack is back from racing Lemons at Sebring and had all of the good and bad one expects from racing cheap cars. Matt tells us about an amazing book about human stupidity, and we take a deeper dive on how we failed at van camping. Learn from our mistakes! Get 20% off your first monthly box when you sign up at BoxOfAwesome.com and enter the code smokingtire at checkout. Go to PublicRec.com and use promo code TIRE to receive 10% off Want your question answered? Want to watch the li...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 625
Dan Prosser is an automotive journalist based in the UK. He's written for the best mags (EVO, Top Gear) but has just launched a new digital magazine app called The Intercooler that he co-founded with Andrew Frankel. It's a car magazine that brings the best writers together to write great stories, without being tethered by advertisers. Seems like a clever idea. We have a great chat about his unorthodox start in the business, eraly press cars, the silly power of a business card, what's good (and b...
May 13, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 624
Manuel Carrillo III @mc3films is an automotive journalist and co-host of the new MotorTrend show, “Seduced by Speed”. The show tells the stories of weird, often illegal methods used to fund the construction of some of history's oddest -but sometimes most memorable- cars. Check his show out here: https://watch.motortrend.com/tv-shows/seduced-by-speed/ Go to HelloFresh.com/smokingtire12 and use code smokingtire12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Listen up! Raycon’s offering 15% off all ...
May 11, 2021•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 623
Brad Brownell is one of the busiest people in the automotive circle. He's a co-founder of Radwood and writes for more publications than we can count. Instead of flying to press events, he drives a yellow Porsche 912E, sometimes for thousands of miles at a time. We call him a glutton for punishment but he couldn't be happier. We talk about his recent motorcycle reviews, crashing, advanced dirt riding, what Harley is up to, upcoming Radwood events, and his new project, Autotopia2099. Want to sell ...
May 06, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 622
We're back from our 1,000 mile desert overlanding adventure and boy do we have stories. Many things broke. Matt's wife, Hanna, joins us to tell the tale. If you dream of van life or off-roading, heed our lessons. Head to Policygenius.com to get started right now. They’ve saved shoppers up to $1,055 per year over what they were paying for home & auto insurance. Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman Want your question answered? Want to watch the live s...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 621
Spike Feresten is a television writer, screenwriter, comedian, and the host of Spike’s Car Radio. Go to BlackVue.com/TST and use the promo code TIRE to get 10% off any BlackVue dash cam. Free shipping for orders over $200. Let Sunday take the guesswork out of growing a greener, more beautiful lawn this Spring. Visit getsunday.com/tire to get $20 off your custom lawn plan at checkout! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spikes-car-radio/id1247694648 Want your question answered? Want to watch th...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 620
Mike Spinelli is one of the funniest and best people in the automotive space and he has quite a resume: He ran 0-60 Magazine with Brian Scotto, ran Jalopnik in the early days, hosted many a show on the /DRIVE Network (and NBCSN's "/DRIVE", and now runs thing behind the scenes of The/DRIVE.com. Go to BlackVue.com/TST and use the promo code TIRE to get 10% off any BlackVue dash cam. Free shipping for orders over $200. Let Sunday take the guesswork out of growing a greener, more beautiful lawn this...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 619
Jethro Bovingdon is a long-time automotive journalist and a host one the newly relaunched Top Gear USA alongside Dax Shepard and Rob Corddry. He's written for some of the best magazines in the business, driven the best cars, and can drift just about anything. We discuss the fun between the new cast members, what stunts frighten him, which is the best Ferrari ever, why Huayras are great, and hear the story of his cheap-turned-expensive 996 Porsche. @jethrobovingdon Top Gear USA is available on th...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 618
Chris Forsberg is a 3-time Formula Drift champion, a stunt driver, and a team manager. He's in studio to talk about his upcoming season in the NOS Energy Nissan 370Z, his INSANE new 2,000HP drift taxi "The Altimaniac", which car is the next cheap missile, his biggest project nightmares, and answer fan Q&A. Go to BlackVue.com/TST and use the promo code TIRE to get 10% off any BlackVue dash cam. Free shipping for orders over $200. Let Sunday take the guesswork out of growing a greener, more be...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 617
Kristen Lee is one of our favorite people and favorite automotive journalists. She is the Deputy Editor at The/DRIVE.com. She has written for Business Insider, Jalopnik, Road & Track, and other publications. Follow her @kristenleeeeeeee Go to HelloFresh.com/smokingtire12 and use code smokingtire12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free p...
Apr 15, 2021•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 616
Matt drifted a crazy Hummer H1 and then hung out with some hot rods that shoot 80-foot fireballs; Zack gets into the details of their Ferrari 812 GTS review; and they answer questions about Drift Week, buying cars, and buying watches. Go to HelloFresh.com/smokingtire12 and use code smokingtire12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Follow us! T: @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG: @thesmokingtire @fakezackklapman Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcast...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 615
Jonny Lieberman is a long-time automotive journalist for Motor Trend. He's driven all the greatest cars, had the best whiskey, and usually has a funny way of explaining his opinions. It's always a good show when Jonny sits down. We talk about the RUF Yellowbird, M2 CS vs Cayman GT4, which Bugatti Chiron is the one to buy, and more. Policygenius saved customers up to $1,055 per year compared to their current home & auto policies. Head to Policygenius.com now to get started. Let Sunday take th...
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 614
Matt Farah and Zack Klapman talk about their recent drives in the BMW X6 M, Ducati Multistrada V4, Zack chasing drift cars at Gridlife, and fire-breathing cars. Plus, Ferrari restoration expert, Donnie Callaway, drops by with Matt's car and some wisdom. Policygenius saved customers up to $1,055 per year compared to their current home & auto policies. Head to Policygenius.com now to get started. Let Sunday take the guesswork out of growing a greener, more beautiful lawn this Spring. Visit get...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 613
Chris Dunlop, also known as Pinstrip Chris, is an incredible automotive artist. Using a mix of pens, pencils, airbrush, and brushes, he creates paintings that are both incredibly realistic without looking like a simple photograph. He's also known for his "Sharpie cars", where he uses Sharpie pens to draw incredible patterns that cover an entire car for clients like Toyota, Fiat, Chevy, Nissan, and Cadillac. Find his work at https://www.pinstripechris.com/ Follow him @pinstripe_chris Buy some Dil...
Apr 01, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 612
Steve Serio and Cam Ingram spend a lot of time around expensive, amazing cars. Steve is a broker who helps people buy and sell cars worth five to eight figures. Cam Ingram is the Owner of Road Scholars, a world-renowned restoration shop that also has an incredible car collection. Apply for free today at WOMPLY.COM/SMOKINGTIRE and see if you qualify for a PPP loan. Buy some Dillons and get a free Smoking Tire t-shirt! Follow Steve @therealbondgroup Follow Cam @porsche_malone Follow us! T: @thesmo...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 611
What's it like to go 212MPH in the McLaren F1 press car? Race a vintage Ford at Silverstone? Go head-to-head against Chris Harris in a Citroen 2CV? Andrew Frankel knows. He is the kind of automotive journalist that we admire. He's a great writer and driver, he's driven some incredibly special machines, and he's British, so he has 48 different words for "crash". His newest venture is TheIntercooler, a digital magazine that's quickly growing in popularity, and for good reason. @theintercooler @fra...
Mar 25, 2021•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 610
