Carbitrage

On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we invite Darren Brooke to chat with us before his move to the rust free PNW! Join us for the tangents and questions, then we talk about either mile drag racing! Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage i...

On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we discuss the demise of the step side pick up truck bed, how to bring it back, Erik's newest acquisition in New York, VW axing the beetle (forever, this time), Trump administration rolling back CAFE fuel economy requirements, Jack Beruth's push for a $10k FWD beater pickup platform aimed at new drivers, and Duncan Pittoway's S76 fiat has swayed Erik to t...

On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, Ryan and I talk butt buckering single master cylinder issues on old cars, the M2 competition actually being FASTER than the double clutch automatic around a track, the sleeper value collectible cars that you should buy now, sleep on, and sell now Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYab...

On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we ask what car we would import from out of country for the pre 1965 only event Back to the 50s, Erik outlines an easy way to tell how reliable a car is before doing any other research, Ryan talks the man in the high castle show once again, VW licensing the MEB electric car platform to Ford Europe and China, another V160 MK4 Supra sells deep in to the 6 f...

On this episode of the Crarbitrage podcast, we talk the unfortunate passing of Lee Iococca at 94 years of age, BMW adding radioactive hatred to its massive new corporate kidney grilles, Goodwood festival of speed is now running, the Honda urban E is even better than we had hoped, but we're still not getting it in the USA, MN C&C july review as a spectator, and stranger things brings a continuity i...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk political corruption and gov't seizure vehicles in south africa, BMW 335is now getting in to the $3,000 range, re cap of the Modest 100 and Minneapolis Mile car shows of the weekend, BMW turning down Alpina's i8 for a very strange reason, the best and worst US only Japanese brand vehicles of the rad era, Pikes peak good and bad. Carbitrage Patreon...

On this episode of the carbitrage podcast, we take a look at the Avalon drift car with a hand brake in the center console cupholder, we talk Back to the 50s 2019 recap, Erik's hectic month of clutch jobs and deferred maintenance, Ryan talks a car from 1907 that ran sub 10 second 0-60 times, the BMW Z8's laundry list of standard accessories, a Formula E car with a washing machine motor as its main...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we give props to a group of Indiana car enthusiasts that mapped out a 175-mile charity focused version of the Nurburgring Nordschleife on IN roads, Ryan plugs Good Omens on Amazon Prime, I talk about being a MASSIVE cock by accident with Summon and a restaurant in the model S, Mitsubishi is giving us a new raider instead of a faster mirage, some lunatic p...

On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we're back! Back to the 80s happened, MAP Proving grounds 1 happened and the super obtuse waffle house drive is also complete. CRVs, the menace to society that they are have now gone too far, hitting Tracy Morgan's new Veyron just minutes after taking delivery. Clutch break in. Do you do it, and if so, how? Forza selling out bigtime and turning in to kid'...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk Tesla's pickup truck and what we think it will be like or should be after Elon's 'sub-50k tweet'. MN has a booming and excellent lowrider scene, we show off just one of the better examples, Apple releases major update to CarPlay (which is shockingly available on 90% of new vehicles in the USA) allowing split screen tasking, Ryan covers Bug Out and...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk Poubelle Oiseaux saving the beautiful Renault Twingo from certain speeding ticket doom, VW's ID-R smashing the Nordschleife EV record, what affuluent people should buy their kids to drive instead of idiotic CUVs and corporate turbo BMWs, Erik has to do 3 clutches on the family fleet, we overview the first Drive Cartel Cars and Craft event of the y...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk people in Texas jumping draw bridges, JLR's new turbo inline 6 engine, manual transmission take rates and more! Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor…d...

On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we talk Intermarque 2019, an age old Japanese car review show coming to Amazon Prime streaming soon, GR supra following in BMWs footsteps with severely under rated power numbers, Lamborghini vs Porsche in the 1950s, who was best? and what is the most unsuspecting excellent tuner platform? Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: w...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, Erik and Ryan cover the Jed Copham memorial event at BIR, and the art-a-whirl van show, Mahindra throwig its hat in the ring on the US Mail contract, USA and Canada still overwhelmingly buying manual transmission versions of fun cars, Mazda's in house restoration programme set its sights on a basic 1981 Familia instead of some exotic, Tesla Mobile Service...

On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we're back after a week off frolicking around different local car shows, we have Josh Stowell on to talk all things LS, the GR supra embargo lifts, and TRD gets a head start on a new after market parts catalogie, SEMA's battle of the builds returns to St Paul this year, internal combustion gasoline engines nearing 50% thermal efficiency, and Erik bought a...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we're once again at a Supercharger! Ryan and I discuss how amazing the Model S handles road trips, our highlights from the Breezy Point car show, our favorite 1989-2019 Japanese car, why companies shouldn't always do a two door version of a four-door car, and vise versa, Ryan has a new favorite car designer: Alex Tremulis, Erik talks TopGear Magazine's Mo...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we come to you via a Tesla supercharger in Brainerd, MN on out way to a car and air show in Breezy Point, MN. Ryan and I talk Jeep Renegade losing its manual transmission option silently, the Outback Sport dies off quietly, and mercifully the 370Z convertible dies in its sleep. Amazingly, the Alfa-Romeo Giulia isn't a reliable car, and we cover some fun f...

On this, our 100th episode, Ryan and I welcome back Drive Cartel and MN Car Enthusiast Club reps to cover the upcoming year for shows news and plans, as well as discussing what is and isn't working well in the world of car show prep. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-...

On this episode, the last of the double digit episodes, we talk two patreon topics, one calling our vigilante tendencies, and the other asking a question about a fly buy and drive, the GT-R turns 50, Diamler's pre-war V12 that worked upside down, and Aston Martin gives us an AMG powered SUV we don't want. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.co/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2...

On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we talk Mazda's 3 and a future Mazdaspeed 3 potentially coming back for its third generation. Erik asks the question 'would you buy your car again?', Honda may have designed the Bizzaraini Lamborghini V12 engine, the Audi E-tron battery production has ground to a halt, and delivery windows slip 5 months, Ryan spends 30 minutes talking Nissan Z car, and Fo...

On this episode of Carbitrage, we talk cars we have followed or owned in the past that were still depreciating, hit rock bottom and have come way up since, and our regrets about the should have, could haves. Tax return challenge! what we'd buy with a $1,500 unexpected return! Jalopnik taking a page from Carbitrage's book and starting to hype the Lancia Thema 8.32, awfully coincidental! We also tal...

On this episode of Carbitrage, we talk the scariest BMW E65 745i coming in to Ryans' work, a Patreon topic covering how we would layout EV charging stations, hagety's view on what EVs will likely become collectible, Why selling a rare, hard to find and hard to buy car is also a hateful, difficult task, Mazda 5 brake upgrade with Mazdaspeed parts, and LA going too far by towing a taco truck from ne...

On this episode of the carbitrage podcast, we talk Tesla pulling the $35,000 base model Tesla Model 3 just as suddently as it was announced, a strange canadian man that walled off an integra type R in his barn for 10 years, Minnesota's freak april 2019 snow storm, Hagerty's 25 slowest appreciating collector vehicles, and the C8 corvette's official announcement date... Carbitrage Patreon: www.patre...

On this episode, we talk Carlos Ghosen's re-re arrest in Japan on new allegations, The Proton Saga which is a fabulously 80s (1984) design made through 2018 relatively unchanged. Jeep's $63k launch edition Wrangler Gladiator sells out in less than one day. HKS launches a power reviser turbo kit for the Suzuki Jimny that adds 20% horsepower to the engine's output, Nissan brings the RB26 back as a c...

On this episode of the Carbitrage Podcast, we talk Toyota C-HR and its odd lack of All-Wheel-Drive, Norway breaking the trend and being the first to outsell combustion engine vehicles with plug-in vehicles 53% vs 47%. BMW's 2015 april fools' joke ends a crusty old beater owner in a brand new 1 series, we recap 2018 automaker april fools, Erik recaps Finland's car culture and rules, and MN Cars and...