The Smoking Tire

This week we bring you more of the usual car news while we opine and deliver stories you wouldn't be comfortable sharing with your aunt.  

Topics this week include...

• 2015 Corvette Z06
• Forza Horizon 2
• Th…

This week we take a bit more of a relaxed approach to podcasting couchside at Chris' house.  We dicscuss the reviews of All Cars Go To Heaven, filming with Joe Rogan and his Sharkwerks 911 GT3, Ferra…

Back in August of 2013 we recorded a podcast immediately upon returning from filming All Cars Go To Heaven. This podcast is very much the companion piece to the film as Thad, Matt and Zack recount th…

Just back from Europe (Zack quite literally) we discuss the announcement of /Drive's move to NBC Sports and the resulting stories while filming alongside our good friend Jeff Glucker.  While in Europ…

This week Mr. Regular and The Roman of Regular Car Reviews join us for an unholy cacaphony of grunting, dick jokes and the occassional mention of a car.  Our guests arrive dressed in their finest as …

Once again the dynamic duo of Aaron Robinson (Car & Driver) and Dan Neil (@DanNeilWSJ) join us for a round of podcasting.  Dan is fresh off of a BMW i8 press event and gives us his take on the i8 and…

This week George "Motoman" Notaras joins us for the cavalcade of general insensitivity wrapped in the guise of automotive journalism we call our podcast. We spent some quality time with Dinan BMW 1 S…

This week we are joined by famed Panamanian fixer from our travels to the land great canals; Joel Bolanos.  Joel gives us the run-down on his famed Suzuki Samurai with a Sidekick motor swap, we take …

This week Vinny Russo (of Lamborghini USA) and Rob Ferretti (of Gotham Dream cars and Super Speeders) join us to wax poetic on all the usual bullshit while Vinny teaches us to pronounce Huracán .  We…

This week we bring you our perspective on the 2014 SRT10 Viper alongside the Ring Brothers 1971 Pantera.  Thad's Fiesta ST gets another round of upgrades (stage 2) from our friends at Cobb Tuning.  A…

This week we round up the 3 finest detailers in North America to hone the finish on.... a Fox Body Notchback with incredibly shitty paint.  We brought nuclear warheads to a knife fight, but sometimes…

This week we bring you a podcast rife with detours that include ayahuasca, AirBnB, gonorrhea, our Forza 5 online event and of course the usual car news and reviews.

• Segways
• Forza 5 Streaming Event
• Ayahu…

Once again our friend Carlos Lago of Motor Trend joins us for an extended podcast. Carlos recently tested both the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 so of course we cover that, but we also review the XKR-S …

This week our good friends from Car and Driver Aaron Robinson and Tony Quiroga stop by to regale us with tales of unfettered access and actual production budgets.  The topics are many and varied this…

Newly annointed creator of the world's fastest production vehicle (the Venom GT) John Hennessey swings by to have a chat.  In addition to the record setting run, we talk about the McLaren P1, the Por…

Straight from a tour of roadside landmarks we review the brand new Audi A8L Diesel along with stories from law enforcement, truck stop weaponry and pez dispensors.

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This week we sit down to discuss important things like Matt's need to buy unnecessary cars, the King of Hammers, cheeky british saloons with 550HP (Jaguar XFR-S) aftermarket seats, and LA's worst/bes…

Our good friends Larry Kosilla (AMMO NYC, Drive Clean) and Mike Musto (Big Muscle, Road & Track) join us at the podcasting table once again.  This week we review the Chevy SS and the Jeep Cherokee Di…

This week after a long absence Jonny Lieberman rejoins us at the podcasting table alongside his Source Interlink compatriot Carlos Lago. Frankly this episode is really really long coming in at nearly…

This week Steve Dinan purveyor of all things BMW joins us to talk about how he got into the business and the current state of BMW tech.  Of course we touch upon the history of BMW but we spend a long…