A Wheel Problem; Zack's Religious (Car) Experience; Taycan GTS

The Smoking Tire

Matt Farah reviews the new 2025 Porsche Taycan GTS and compares to his older Taycan; Zack Klapman has his first religious experience in a fast, angry air-cooled 911; the NSX is up for sale; and we find something very, very odd on a wheel.

  • Patreon questions include:
  • The dumbest "performance" version of plain cars?
  • What would we daily drive if it NEVER broke?
  • Ineos Grenadier Game Viewer edition?
  • Racing school vs 1-on-1 coaching
  • Could Porsche ever build a NEW air-cooled car?
  • M3 plans?
  • Need a luxurious, reliable daily for a LONG commute
  • F/M/K: FD RX7, 2003 SL500, 2006 997.1
  • Cars with short overhangs for bad garages.
  • Will we drive the SCG SC004?
  • Used Mercedes EQS prices are LOW; Buy?
  • Used F-Pace vs used Velar
  • Fun manual cars under $30k?
  • Jaguar F-Pace SVR or Maserati Levante Trofeo?
  • And more!

Recorded December 19, 2025

 

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Matt Farah reviews the new 2025 Porsche Taycan GTS and compares to his older Taycan; Zack Klapman has his first religious experience in a fast, angry air-cooled 911; the NSX is up for sale; and we find something very, very odd on a wheel.

  • Patreon questions include:
  • The dumbest "performance" version of plain cars?
  • What would we daily drive if it NEVER broke?
  • Ineos Grenadier Game Viewer edition?
  • Racing school vs 1-on-1 coaching
  • Could Porsche ever build a NEW air-cooled car?
  • M3 plans?
  • Need a luxurious, reliable daily for a LONG commute
  • F/M/K: FD RX7, 2003 SL500, 2006 997.1
  • Cars with short overhangs for bad garages.
  • Will we drive the SCG SC004?
  • Used Mercedes EQS prices are LOW; Buy?
  • Used F-Pace vs used Velar
  • Fun manual cars under $30k?
  • Jaguar F-Pace SVR or Maserati Levante Trofeo?
  • And more!

Recorded December 19, 2025

 

DeleteMe

Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to www.joindeleteme.com slash TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout. 

 

TrueWerk

Get 15% off your first order at TRUEWERK.com with code tire
 

Aura Frames

For a limited time, visit AuraFrames.com and get $45 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo codeTIRE at checkout. That’s A-U-R-A Frames.com promo code TIRE.


 

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 reviews: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire

Tweet at us!

https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire

https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman


Instagram:

https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire

https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

2025-12-23 102 min
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