Jonny Lieberman returns to talk 1000HP cars, Tesla FSD, Ferrari Luce, the new Rivian R2, the best(?) way to learn to drive a manual, and a whole lot more.

Patreon questions include:
Is the Ferrari Luce the new Mondial?
Would the Luce be better if it was cheaper?
How to convince people to try an EV
Best cars for big-n-tall crowd
BMW X5 or Toyota Land Cruiser?
Why doesn't anyone care about my 911 Turbo S?
Best way to test drive a sports car before buying
Cars we hated just because our friends liked it
The pitfalls of mixing business with pleasure
And more!
Recorded June 15, 2026

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Matt Farah and Zack Klapman discuss Audi's new supercar, the Nuvolari; get confused by Mustang history; Matt tells us about his role as a judge for an inaugural car charity event; and Patreon questions include:

Is the Gumball 3000 the pinnacle of "rally"?

How to spot undercover police cars

Does altitude effect our car reviews?

The hardest car part we've had to find

Do we enjoy driving slow cars slowly?

Will smooth '90s styling come back?

$50k for a "plan Z" car with my friends

How fast do you go in the canyons?

Which cars do better on BaT vs Cars and Bids?

Underrated food cities

And more!

Recorded June 9, 2026

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Matt Farah and Zack Klapman review the 2026 Lucid Gravity. Is it a minivan or an SUV? Pros and cons abound. Matt tells the tale of driving the SP40 Restomod, a carbon fiber Mustang-powered creation from Argentina. Patreon questions include:

Will Cadillac build a supercar?

Has Matt softened on BMW 2002s?

Any "Why haven't they solved this?" features?

Am I a snob for preferring the Audi E-Tron GT?

Will t-tops come back or are they too dangerous?

Our favorite batmobiles

Could Lincoln make a fancy Bronco to compete with the G-Wagen?

Ferrari's future manual

Why special EV technology won't the prices more attractive

North American brands that will disappear

How to buy wheels

And more!

Recorded Friday, June 4, 2026

Show Notes

Vinbidders
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Mac tools
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Hims
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Enter to WIN our AMAZING 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!! https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE

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Matt Farah and Zack Klapman discuss the viral video about California's war on tires; a very interesting carbon-fiber roadster from ...Argentina?; Blink 182 and Mercedes; Bad Thoughts Season 2; and Patreon questions include:

Bronco as a winter commuter?

Quality consistency from watch brands

The one car we'd restomod as a business

First single-clutch auto we liked

Best FWD car fro the early 2000s

Worst track in the country

Mods that didn't improve our cars

This car is better than a 981 Boster GTS

Mazda's new "green"

And more!

Recorded June 1, 2026

Show Notes

Vinbidders
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Go from submitting your car to a confirmed sale in under 1 week with VinBidders. And you only pay $149 if the car sells.

DeleteMe
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Fitbod
Join Fitbod today to get your personalized workout plan. Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at https://fitbod.me/TIRE

Hims
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Enter to WIN our AMAZING 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!! https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE

Promo Code Offer: Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities.

Podcast Promo Code: SMOKINGTIRE

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 
 

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Matt Farah tells the story of driving the spaceship-like 1,200HP Czinger 21C Aero on a racetrack; he and Zack Klapman describe their morning with the terrifying Gunther Works F-26;

Patreon questions include:
Update on the Boxster/Cayman EV
Is a 100k-mile Miata worth $5k?
Was the turbo Fusion any good?
Can the Luce justify its price?
Should the Nissan Z have been a manual first?
High-end digital watches
Charity car shows: ticket price or free to enter?
The car we regret selling the most
How they set speed limits
Can I make my 2023 WRX fun?
Commuter: Civic Si or Prius?

And more!

Recorded May 29, 2026

Show Notes

Vinbidders
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Go from submitting your car to a confirmed sale in under 1 week with VinBidders. And you only pay $149 if the car sells.

DeleteMe
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Fitbod
Join Fitbod today to get your personalized workout plan. Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at https://fitbod.me/TIRE

Hims
For simple, online access to personalized and affordable care for Hair Loss, ED, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://hims.com/TIRE.

Enter to WIN our AMAZING 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!! https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE

Promo Code Offer: Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities.

Podcast Promo Code: SMOKINGTIRE

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!

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Driving the GRP GTH P39 and the Kimera 037; the best dad wagons on the used market; updates on the Mercedes and Taycan; why buying a used EV makes fiscal sense; and more!

Patreon questions include:

• Cool used 4-door that will impress my kids
• Biggest business mistakes
• Do any 2000s automatics feel "special"?
• Used AMG GT S vs C8 Corvette
• Nissan Z vs the "Altima image"
• Best cool dad wagons
• What to buy after life with a Fiesta ST?
• Car-themed watches
• Best live-axle car we've driven
• Why podcasting from the canyons is weird
• How to travel with a watch/es
• Dumbest marketing badging
• Best modern "duffle shuffle" car?
• Will a NSX restomod work?
• And more!

Recorded May 28, 2026

Vinbidders

Smoking Tire fans get $100 off the listing price with promo code TIRE and by visiting https://vinbidders.com/tire

Go from submitting your car to a confirmed sale in under 1 week with VinBidders. And you only pay $149 if the car sells.

Mac tools

Go to https://mactools.org/tireto learn more and see if there’s an open route near you 

Bluechew

Right now, when you buy two months of BlueChew Gold, you get the third for FREE with promo code TIRE.  Visit https://BlueChew.com for more details and important safety information

DeleteMe

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

Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! For a 10% discount on your first case go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST

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

Instagram:

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Enter to WIN our AMAZING 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!! https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE

Promo Code Offer: Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities.

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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 
 

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Matt Farah recaps his first-ever trip to the INDY500; he and Zack Klapman review the Aston Martin DB12S; and Ferrari has unveiled its first EV, the Luce.

Patreon Questions include:

• A watch named after a sunken boat?
• What WEIRD vehicular record do you want?
• Best production car to go WOT at Indy
• Did we use car forums?
• Grand Seiko Spring Drive diver
• Best Road & Track route
• Cars for sex: the followup
• Boat / car motor crossover royalty

Recorded May 26, 2026

Vinbidders

Smoking Tire fans get $100 off the listing price with promo code TIRE and by visiting https://vinbidders.com/tire

Go from submitting your car to a confirmed sale in under 1 week with VinBidders. And you only pay $149 if the car sells.
 

Mac tools

Go to https://mactools.org/tireto learn more and see if there’s an open route near you 
 

Bluechew

Right now, when you buy two months of BlueChew Gold, you get the third for FREE with promo code TIRE.  Visit https://BlueChew.com for more details and important safety information

DeleteMe

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

Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! For a 10% discount on your first case go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST

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

Instagram:

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Enter to WIN our AMAZING 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!! https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE

Promo Code Offer: Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities.
 

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Zack Klapman's puncture; recent Mecum auction results are insane; the Mitsubishi Lancer's glow-up; Matt Farah's Taycan update; the great Czinger scheduling error; Paint to Sample parties; the best car for swinging (yes, that kind); and more!

• Patreon questions include:
• What car should we buy for swinging?
• Aging out of burble tunes
• Buy an R32 GT-R or an R34 GT-S?
• C5 pace car as a weekend toy?
• When will someone compete with the Miata?
• How to operate your watch
• No car can match what this dude has built
• What we want from a future Subaru STI
• Are EVs the solution to the noisy race track problem?
• F/M/K: $12000 project version
• GR Supra or Nissan Z Nismo manual?
• Anything as fun as a turbo Miata?
• And many more!

Recorded May 19, 2026

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Promo Code Offer: Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities.
 

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Matt Farah reviews the much-anticipated manually-shifted 2027 Nissan Z Nismo; a preview of our thoughts on the new Aston Martin DB12S; a new Countach bill puts things in perspective; and we answer Patreon questions including:

• Nissan's recent comeback strategy
• Is my floor mat fetish strange?
• Does the Z Nismo replace the GT-R?
• Do you need to own a FWD car to truly experience it?
• Pre-flight checklist before getting into a new car
• How do we manage disappointment?
• Is a restomod Countach a good idea?
• A recent graduate wants advice
• First car: 2009 Civic Si or 2001 Prelude SH?
• Best non-automotive item in your car?
• Build a big engine out of small engines: go!
• 4-seat drop-top recommendation
• AMG E53 thoughts?
• Cars that are owned by nerds.
• Link the band to the car
• And more!

Recorded May 18, 2026

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Factor

Head to https://Factormeals.com/tire50off and use code tire50off to get 50 percent off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. (See website for more details).
 

Quince

Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to https://Quince.com/TIRE for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. 
 

ButcherBox 

As an exclusive offer, new listeners can get their choice between free Sirloin Tips, Ground Beef or Chicken Wings in every box for LIFE, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/tire

Enter to WIN our AMAZING 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!! https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE
 

Promo Code Offer: Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities.
 

Podcast Promo Code: SMOKINGTIRE

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 
 

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Matt Farah witness road rage; the GMC Acadia has a very confusing feature; we're officially racing in the Cleetus McFarland New England 900; someone hacked the ZF 8-speed auto to give it a, uh, clutch pedal?

Patreon questions include:

• Why don't SUVs have sliding doors?
• Should your turn signal flash to the beat of your music?
• Why the Terminator is better than the S197 GT500
• Which watch maker should build a car?
• What new cars sound good?
• Last chance to buy a Mustang GT350R?
• Stop my used German sedan bad ideas!
• How do people feel about the Honda CR-Z?
• Wha should Chevy do with the next Camaro?
• Why do we get Vinfast but not BYD?
• Should luxury watch-makers have configurators like car companies?
• What current Ferrari is worth buying a Luce for?
• Shoes for road trips
• Jaguar XKR
• Is shorter gearing worth it?

Recorded May 13, 2026

Road & Track Experiences

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Give your ZF 8-speed a third pedal?

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The New England 900!

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Fitbod

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Bluechew

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DeleteMe

Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/tire/ and use promo code TIRE at checkout.

Enter to WIN a 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!

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Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities. Use Podcast Promo Code: SMOKINGTIRE

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#cars #comedy #podcast

Instagram:

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Click here for the most honest car reviews out there: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire

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!

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When will we run out of cars to re-imagine, restomod, or (dare we say), replicate? Is there a market for the 355 by Evoluto, or the Boreham Ford Escort Mk1? Some say yes. We get review both of these incredible cars and it brings us to larger questions: Are they better? Worth the money? What do you get? We drove both and get into it the good/bad and what they mean for "nostalgia builds" in general.

Patreon questions include:

Would BMW M buyers prefer an Alpina?

Track days: what does "advanced" mean?

Why does every hate my black ice air freshener?

Cars we forgot still exist

How to price a driving experience

Should I Lemons race my old Alfa?

The worst car we'd buy each other

And more!

Recorded May 11, 2026

SHOW NOTES

Fitbod

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Bluechew

Right now, when you buy two months of BlueChew Gold, you get the third for FREE with promo code TIRE.  Visit https://BlueChew.com for more details and important safety information

DeleteMe

Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/tire/ and use promo code TIRE at checkout.

Enter to WIN a 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S!

Podcast Link: https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE

Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities. Use Podcast Promo Code: SMOKINGTIRE

Promo Code Offer: Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities.

Want your question answered? To listen to the episode the day it's recorded? 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! For a 10% discount on your first case go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST

#cars #comedy #podcast

Instagram:

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