The Smoking Tire

The man behind the nameless, voiceless, racing-suit-clad driver of BBC's Top Gear, Ben Collins. This is one of the coolest guests ever, and the talk did not disappoint. We talk about how he kept anonymous, bounties for his identity, production, driving, racing, and lots more.    This podcast is available as a video!  https://youtu.be/fA-72XFW9vQ   Buy Ben's book! It  will help you (or your loved o...

Rod Emory is master fabricator who specializes in vintage Porsches, with much of his focus being on the 356. His style is totally unique, and his quality is almost without equal. He comes from a long line of hot rodders, and his accomplishments are a sight to behold. Google his car (now) and listen along.    This show is available as a video: https://youtu.be/2lD1zwESGlk   T: @thesmokingtire, @zac...

Some people go off-roading for a weekend, or a week. These two left the busy life behind and went off-roading for over a year, straight, living out of their modified Jeeps. We talk about how they do it, why they do it, their Baja tours, what they drive, and how you can join in. This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/GhqJCx3_G20 T: @thesmokingtire, @zackklapman IG: @thewildyolo, @theje...

Journalist Manuel Carrillo is about to start a 7-day slam to get his vintage Porsche running for the Luftkeghult meet, so he spends his last remaining free hours with us talking about Lamborghinis, 4-wheel steering Aventadors, Gumball airplanes, rally techniques, cheap track cars, how good the Lotus Evora is, crazy motorcycles, and more.  Keep up with all Manuel's work at https://www.manuelcarrill...

Kyle Hyatt and James McKeone used to host the Peteresen Automotive Museum podcast, CarStories, but have struck out on their own with a new show and brand, No Braking! They stop by to talk about 80s and 90s cars, cheap Z28 Camaros, which car to "Safari" out, rallying Bentleys, and a ton more.    Check out all their work at http://www.nobraking.com/ This show is also available as a video, full of pi...

Lane and Art are hosts of the Driving While Awesome podcast, and part of the founding crew of the amazing car show, Radwood, a meet that celebrates the best and worst of the 80s and 90s, including cars, costumes, and music. Where else can you see a  Vanilla Ice lookalike standing next to a Skyline, which is parked next to an E30 M3, which is parked next to a Dodge Caravan? Nowhere.  www.radwood.co...

2 Part Show! Composer/filmmaker/Porsche driver, Derek Whitacre and then drifter/wrench/YouTuber, Emilia Hartford.  1st: Derek Whitacre -who brought his turbocharged 1982 Porsche 911SC to a One Take shoot that had rain, which is perfect - is here to talk about car and his documentary, "We Live Machinery", about the 2015 Targa Baja California. 2nd: Emilia Hartford is a YouTuber, wrench, time attacke...

Larry Chen is one the best automotive photographers working today. He is a principle of SPEEDHUNTERS, and also shoots Formula D, off-road racing, and tons of other content, for teams and companies. He and Matt talk about his swapped Datsun, chasing celebrities in a 240, Mustangs, cameras, and a lot more. If you're into car stories or photography, this is one to listen to.  http://www.larrychenphot...

What car do you get if you can afford any and every car available? How do you stand out if you're shopping from the same dealership as everyone else? You have a car made for you. That's what Unicus Cars does: builds one-off customs that have never been seen. We think that's pretty interesting, so we sat down with Darren and Nate, to find out how they do it.  Watch their promo video: https://www.yo...

Longtime friends Paul and Todd host a great youtube channel (and podcast) called "Everyday Driver", where they do head-to-head tests, road trips, and long-form videos paying homage to legendary cars and marques.  www.youtube.com/everydaydriver This show is also a video! https://youtu.be/ugDJ2B0BiGc   www.youtube.com/everydaydriver www.everydaydriver.com T: @thesmokingtire @everydaydriver Want your...

Patrick Costello is an Executive Producer of a new History Channel show, "Truck Night in America".  https://www.history.com/shows/truck-night-in-america   This show is also a video! https://youtu.be/jVHA363qCzA IG:  @thesmokingtire @jamespatrickcostello     Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon...

Randy Nonnenberg is the founder of BringaTrailer, one of the best places to find interesting cars to buy, and one of the most addicting websites for a car fan. Matt stopped by BaT headquarters in SF to talk about the used car market.  http://www.bringatrailer.com   This podcast is a video too! https://youtu.be/Mj9z2y5rnGM Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podc...

George Notaras has been an automotive journalist and friend of TST for about a decade. He travels the world driving all the good things, and puts out his reviews on YouTube. He joins us to talk about Porsches, planes, ice driving a Kia Stinger, and lots more. Check his channel out!  https://www.youtube.com/user/MotoManTV   This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/PfONQ3rGk68   IG: @thes...

Alex Berstein was an auto journalist but now sits behind the lens shooting photos for some of the biggest OEMs in the business. But in his spare time, he builds high-powered BMWs. His current project is a 135i, bought for incredibly little, but packing a lot of good parts. We talk about BMW builds, turbos, track-specific suspension setups, and a lot more.    This episode is available as a video! h...

Marcus and Grayson of RoadsUntraveled are on a So-Cal road trip and came to talk about cars, tracks, S. American road trips and lots more. Roads Untraveled is a YouTube channel hosted by Marcus Vandenburg, showcasing the coolest cars that Canada (mostly) has to offer, and they have a lot. They get all the cool stuff we don't.   This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/-nliGz543Cg T:  @t...

What car would you build to live in Africa? Karl Knows. Karl Muth built a Jaguar XJ8L with an LS swap and Audi seats, and the video has 600k views on our channel. He's collected all kinds of cool cars, built a very interesting Toyota truck, and has all kinds of style.    This show is available as a video!  https://youtu.be/-AHsHnPuZH4   Karl built this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTAXykiqsGs&...

On this episode we talk about Matt's trip to the Barrett  Jackson auction in Scottsdale, and all the in.sane. things you can buy there. We talk price trends on pro touring cars, sports cars, and sheets. Then it's on to the test drive of the new Subaru STI RA and BRZ TS, special edition cars that are hopefully more than the sum of their parts. Matt went to a track to see what they're about, and the...

If you don't know the Regular Car Reviews, you need to. They do car reviews like no one else: insightful, weird, dirty, clever, (formerly) faceless. Matt sat down with the men behind the brilliance. https://www.youtube.com/user/RegularCars This episode is available in downloadable audio only format on iTunes, Google Play, wherever you get podcasts, or at the host site: https://youtu.be/YJ7eoUEhYlQ...

This episode is a 2 parter: In the first part Matt and Zack discuss the Lotus Evora they had, Zack's off-road coaching that almost led to death mountain, Robocop cars, movie cars, and answer a lot of questions. In part 2, they were at Buttonwillow Speedway and got to talk to Sam Smith and Travis Okulski of "Road & Track". These guys are fast, funny, and we have a great time. We're also joined by E...

Spike Feresten and Paul Zuckerman are fixtures of the car community, but their passion -or addiction- is to Porsches. They buy them, share them, and boy do they have some good ones.   On this episode they talk about owning 911 Rs, GT3s, 356s, driving Letterman's cars, why the R is not the same as the GT3 Touring, and tell some horror stories of their first cars. We also discuss the cars of Seinfel...

Cody, or "DOCTAM3" as he's known, is an automotive YouTuber who does something we should all do: bring's his car on vacation with him. And what a vacation car has he: His current car is a Lamborghini Huracan Performante, and his last was a Ferrari 458 Italia, so naturally, we talk about super cars, exotics, as well as Hummers and other oddities.    This show is available as a video!  https://youtu...

Matt Crooke was running a tuning company's operations at age 16, and today is the lead designed of one of the most famous wheel companies around: Fifteen52 Wheels. You've seen his work spinning in piles of smoke , while attached to the Hoonicorn, or other Ken block creations. Today we sit down with the man behind those awesome styles.  This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/GVeev5BUwD...

John Chase is the Art Director of [HOONIGAN]. Those cool shirts, stickers, and logos they have? He made those. He's also a die-hard car guy who drives old cars and rebuilds them himself. We talk about his history in art, cars he likes, riding in trophy trucks, and a lot more.    This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/mKuckC6C1TI   @thesmokingtire @zackklapman IG:  @jchase7542 @thesmok...

In this episode, Thaddeus is still chilling, having temporarily escaped from Dubai, and Hooniverse's (And Truck Central's) Jeff Glucker stops by the studio to hang with the boys. Jeff is a vintage car, beer, food, and truck enthusiast who is always a great guest.  Check out Jeff's new show 'Test Drive Tuesdays' on Truck Central here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkgw2Yd52tOKHqareJOOwVg This sh...

On this episode we sit with professional driver, Patrick Long. He's been on Porsche's Factory Team, he helped found the Porsche event Luftkeghult, and is part of the team building the amazing dirt-ready 911s, Luftauto.    This show is available as a video! https://youtu.be/v_tbmKgTWAc Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Long Pat's site: http://patricklong.com/ IG: https://twitter.com/plong...