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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. 

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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/

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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. 

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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. 

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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! 

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https://youtu.be/VJLUDrlE27A

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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

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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. 

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https://youtu.be/KH3wtk2bi3k

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Watch IGNITION here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVX8OAHYxm8&list=PLEFAC5D656286E89B

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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/

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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. 

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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. 

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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.
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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 

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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" 

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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, 

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You can find videos of Car and Driver's Lightning Lap here: 
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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).
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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. 

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https://youtu.be/pTH1IqYq7dE

Follow Ryan on Twitter at: 

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https://www.trucks.com/author/ryanzummallen/

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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

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Read Hannah's Column Here: 
https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AR_gYx13m9A/hannah-elliott

And follow her on Instagram here: 
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Magnus's Book, "Dirt Don't Slow You Down," Is available in US Booksellers and on Amazon as of 9/1/17
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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. 

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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.

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https://youtu.be/O3wlr-naQes

 
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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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.  

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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Creator of ICON 4x4, builder of some of the most beautiful and functional vehicles on Earth, Jonathan Ward. 

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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. 

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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 

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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This week we're joined by Alex Bernstein (@Bernooo_1m) 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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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